The Flight into Egypt

1651

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image depicts two figures partially illuminated against a dark background. One figure is holding a lantern, casting light in the surrounding area. The second figure, partially veiled, is seated on a donkey beside the first figure. The surroundings are engulfed in deep shadows, with intricate cross-hatching adding texture to the scene. The background is largely featureless.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 12.8 x 11.1 cm (5 1/16 x 4 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.60.53

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 53, State vi/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Artemis Fine Arts, Limited, London); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington, 1982; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 30.

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. 262, vi/x.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 30.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: D 53; by later hand, lower left verso in brown ink: 36

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q75119140

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