The Raising of Lazarus: The Larger Plate
ca. 1632
Medium
Etching and engraving; New Holl.'s seventh state of nine
Dimensions
Sheet (with rectangular margins): 14 5/8 × 10 3/16 in. (37.2 × 25.8 cm) Plate: 14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in. (36.8 x 25.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry Walters, 1917
Accession Number
17.37.195
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the early 1630s, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch Baroque master renowned for his dramatic use of light and shadow, created *The Raising of Lazarus: Larger Plate*, an etching and engraving depicting the biblical miracle from the Gospel of John. Here, Jesus commands Lazarus to rise from the tomb, surrounded by an awestruck crowd of men—some gripping swords, evoking the tension and immediacy of the moment. This "larger plate" version captures Rembrandt's emerging genius at age 26, blending profound religious narrative with human emotion in a compact print format. Rembrandt's technical innovation sh...
About the Artist
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1606–1669
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) stands as one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art and the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century. Born in Leiden to a prosperous miller's family, Rembrandt transformed painting through his revolutionary use of light and shadow, his psychological depth in portraiture, and his elevation of etching to a fine art. His approx...