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REMBRANDT VAN RHYN.
New Testament Subjects.
lies scattered on the ground. His conduct excites the atten-
tion of the high priest, and of the other persons present; the
former of whom is seated on an elevated chair in the centre;
four of the latter stand on his left, and a fifth is seated at the
side. The remaining person is a scribe, who sits at a table,
writing in a large book. Engraved by Dunkerton, from a
picture then in the collection of J. Fanshawe, Esq. Described
from the print.
The same subject is engraved by Van Vliet, 1634.
91. The Elevation of the Cross. The composition of this
picture exhibits the Saviour naked all but the loins, attached
to a lofty cross, which several men are exerting their efforts to
raise; one of them, partly clad in armour, is pulling in front;
while a second is aiding behind, and a third is at the side.
The ceremony is directed by an officer habited in the Asiatic
costume, mounted on horseback, with a club in his hand.
Several spectators surround the cross, and at some little dis-
tance off may be perceived the two malefactors preparing to
suffer. The sky is surcharged with dark clouds, and a deep
and solemn gloom is shed over the affecting scene. Engraved
by Hess.
‘2ft. 10 in. by 2 ft. 1 in. — C. farched.)
Now in the Public Gallery at Munich.
92. The Elevation of the Cross. This masterly study,
apparently for the preceding picture, is composed of a number
of figures, among which is seen conspicuously the Saviour
attached to the Cross, which several men are in the act of
raising. An officer, mounted on a brown horse, with his back
to the spectator, is on the left, and on the opposite side may be
noticed a man stooping to take something from a basket. The
REMBRANDT VAN RHYN.
New Testament Subjects.
lies scattered on the ground. His conduct excites the atten-
tion of the high priest, and of the other persons present; the
former of whom is seated on an elevated chair in the centre;
four of the latter stand on his left, and a fifth is seated at the
side. The remaining person is a scribe, who sits at a table,
writing in a large book. Engraved by Dunkerton, from a
picture then in the collection of J. Fanshawe, Esq. Described
from the print.
The same subject is engraved by Van Vliet, 1634.
91. The Elevation of the Cross. The composition of this
picture exhibits the Saviour naked all but the loins, attached
to a lofty cross, which several men are exerting their efforts to
raise; one of them, partly clad in armour, is pulling in front;
while a second is aiding behind, and a third is at the side.
The ceremony is directed by an officer habited in the Asiatic
costume, mounted on horseback, with a club in his hand.
Several spectators surround the cross, and at some little dis-
tance off may be perceived the two malefactors preparing to
suffer. The sky is surcharged with dark clouds, and a deep
and solemn gloom is shed over the affecting scene. Engraved
by Hess.
‘2ft. 10 in. by 2 ft. 1 in. — C. farched.)
Now in the Public Gallery at Munich.
92. The Elevation of the Cross. This masterly study,
apparently for the preceding picture, is composed of a number
of figures, among which is seen conspicuously the Saviour
attached to the Cross, which several men are in the act of
raising. An officer, mounted on a brown horse, with his back
to the spectator, is on the left, and on the opposite side may be
noticed a man stooping to take something from a basket. The