Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael

1637

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows multiple figures in an outdoor setting. At the center, an elderly man stands upright, facing slightly to the left, with a regal posture. He has a long beard, wearing a large headpiece and a long robe with rich details. A younger woman stands to his right, also dressed in flowing garments. In the foreground, a child in a patterned dress and cap walks towards the man, holding what appears to be a bow. A small dog is at the left, near steps leading to an entrance framed by an archway with climbing plants. The background features a stone courtyard with trees, sculptures, balustrades, and a partially visible building.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with touches of drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.7 x 9.7 cm (5 x 3 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 14.3 x 11.4 cm (5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7237

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 30, State only

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.

1959

  • Pennsylvania State University, College Park, 1959.

1965

  • The Old Testament in Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Notre Dame, IN, 1965.

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. 166, only.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: Rembrandt / f 1637

Wikidata ID

Q65024818

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