The Entombment

ca. 1654

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and drypoint ; first of four states
Dimensions: Plate: 8 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (21.1 × 16 cm) Sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (21.4 × 16.4 cm) Frame: 21 × 16 in. (53.3 × 40.6 cm)
Collection no.: 20.46.17
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Rembrandt van Rijn. The Entombment. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Entombment — Rembrandt van Rijn. ca. 1654.

Medium: Etching and drypoint ; first of four states. Dimensions: Plate: 8 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (21.1 × 16 cm) Sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (21.4 × 16.4 cm) Frame: 21 × 16 in. (53.3 × 40.6 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, 1920.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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