Abraham Entertaining the Angels
1656
Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession
1943.3.7160
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Catalogue Raisonné
White/Boon 1969, no. 29, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Emil Schroeter (died c. 1912), Dresden (Lugt 2270); 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.
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.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Rembrandt f. 1656
Markings
recto: none; verso: Emil Schroeter (Lugt 2270)
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q65024654