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The Reed Offered to Christ, 1630/40. Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper · Image/sheet, cut within platemark: 26.1 × 21.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Reed Offered to Christ
- Artist
- Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641) Lucas Vorsterman I (Flemish, 1595-1675)
- Date
- 1630/40
- Medium
- Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/sheet, cut within platemark: 26.1 × 21.2 cm (10 5/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1599–1641
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




