The Flight into Egypt: a Night Piece

1651

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows two individuals in an outdoor setting. One person is walking beside a donkey while holding a lantern, lighting the path ahead. The person has a beard and is wearing headwear and a long robe. The second person is sitting on the donkey, covered in layers of cloth. The donkey is carrying loads on each side. The background is dark, emphasizing the illuminated circle from the lantern.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, burin and drypoint on yellowish paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7221

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

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

1947

  • Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Frans Hals and Rembrandt, Los Angeles County Museum, 1947, no. 28.

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, i/x.

Wikidata ID

Q65024782

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