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Rembrandt van Rijn

Abraham Entertaining the Angels, 1656

Description

Maker

  • Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-1669, Dutch

Title

Abraham Entertaining the Angels

Year

1656

Medium

Etching and drypoint on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching,
  • drypoint

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

16 x 13.2 cm (6 5/16 x 5 3/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "Rembrandt f. 1656"

Verso: stamped with the collector's mark of Alfred Seymour (1824-1888; Lugt 176)

Watermark not visible

Identification

State

Only state

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

48.357

Projects & Publications

Publications

La Peintre Graveur, 1803-1821

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Exhibition of Etchings by Rembrandt

February 5 - March 30, 1949

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Abraham Entertaining the Angels with the accession number of 48.357. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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