Abraham Entertaining the Angels

1656

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.8 x 12.7 cm (6 1/4 x 5 in.)
    sheet: 16.1 x 13 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2005.69.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 52, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Maurice Gobin, Paris, 1923); de Menthon, Paris; by descent until 2004;(C. G. Boerner Ltd., London); purchased 2005 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 48.

2017

  • Divine Encounter: Rembrandt's Abraham and the Angels, The Frick Collection, New York, 2017.

Bibliography

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

on former backboard: Trés exceptionelle comme qualitésur papier du Japon et aved de trés nombreuses taches de manière noire; Monsieur Maurice Gobin, 1 rue Laffitte, Paris, 7,500 francs, 9 March 1923 (according to dealer notes)

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q76355783

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