Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

(Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)

The beheading of John the Baptist

Copperplate, 129 x 105 mm

Signed at lower right: Rembrandt f. 1640 (in reverse)

This is the copperplate from which Rembrandt printed his famous etching The beheading of John the Baptist dated 1640.

Other works by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn:

 - Bust of an old man with turban -    - Three heads of women, one asleep -    - Man drawing from a cast -    - The baptism of the eunuch (Copy of a lost painting) -    - A painter in his studio (Anonymous pupil of Rembrandt) -  
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