The Flight into Egypt: Altered from Seghers
c. 1653
Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669
Artist, Dutch, c. 1590 - c. 1638
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, burin and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to platemark): 21.4 × 28.6 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
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Accession
1951.10.476
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Catalogue Raisonné
White/Boon 1969, no. 56, State iv/vii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Verstolk van Soelen (Lugt 1847); Moriz de Fries (Lugt 2930); Collection D'Arenberg (Lugt 567); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from William Schab 1951; given to the National Gallery of Art 1951
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1956
Rembrandt and His Pupils, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1956, no. 33.
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. 52, 54, repro.
1985
Landscape Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, no cat.
1990
Rembrandt's Landscapes: Drawings and Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 40b, repro.
2006
Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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.
1990
Schneider, Cynthia P. Rembrandt's Landscapes: Prints and Drawings. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: no. 40b.
Inscriptions
verso: at center, in red pencil: N 904 [crossed out]
Markings
recto: none; verso: Collection D'Arenberg (Lugt 567)
Watermarks
Strasbourg lily
Wikidata ID
Q42189986