Every Day a Painting for July 22, 2026

The Descent from the Cross (1650–1652)

Dutch 17th Century; Rembrandt van Rijn; Constantijn van Renesse

Oil on Canvas. Dutch, Baroque.

Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century

After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a famous history pai…

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