1 / 1

download image
This image is in the public domain. You can copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. Learn more about our image policies.

Rembrandt van Rijn

Abraham Entertaining the Angels, 1656

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 15.9 x 13.2 cm (6 1/4 x 5 3/16 in.)

sheet: 16.2 x 13.5 cm (6 3/8 x 5 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

White/Boon 1969, no. 29, State only

Accession Number

1943.3.7160

Artists / Makers

Rembrandt van Rijn (artist) Dutch, 1606 - 1669

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .

Inscription

lower left in plate: Rembrandt f. 1656

Marks and Labels

recto: none; verso: Emil Schroeter (Lugt 2270)

Provenance

Emil Schroeter (died c. 1912), Dresden (Lugt 2270); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Schroeter, Emil

Exhibition History

1930: Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

1930: Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932: Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1968: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1968.

1969: Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 108, 68.

1997: Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 6.

2000: Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001.

2006: Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, NGA, 2006-2007.

Bibliography

1923: Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969: White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 295, only.