Rembrandt:

My lord, Because of the great pleasure and devotion that I have put into the execution of the two pieces which his Highness has had me make, being the one where the dead body of Christ is laid in the grave and the other one where Christ rises up from the dead to the great shock of the guards.

— Rembrandt Early Modern

Dutch Golden Age painter

Context

Letter to Constantijn Huygens, regarding 'The Passion Series'

Date / Period

1639

Source

https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll17/id/297

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

Found in 1 providers: gemini

Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

1 source

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