Image

Rembrandt van Rijn

Abraham's Sacrifice,

Description

Maker

Title

Abraham's Sacrifice

Medium

etching, drypoint

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

15.6 x 13.2 cm (6 1/8 x 5 3/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LR: "Rembrandt f 1655"

Verso: stamped with collector's mark of Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876; Lugt 119); and of Louis Galichon (1829-1893; Lugt 1060; very faint). Inscribed in graphite LC: "from the Firmin-Didot collection"; and LR: "EHO"

Watermark: [illegible fragment]

Marks: Ambroise Firmin-Didot collector mark in black ink on verso (Lugt 119)
R.I.S.D. Museum stamp in brown ink on verso
Louis Galichon collector mark in faded brown ink on verso (Lugt 1060)

Identification

State

Only state

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein no. 287

Type

Credit

Gift of Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

48.025

About

Abraham's Sacrifice

Lettered LR: "Rembrandt f 1655"

Verso: stamped with collector's mark of Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876; Lugt 119); and of Louis Galichon (1829-1893; Lugt 1060; very faint). Inscribed in graphite LC: "from the Firmin-Didot collection"; and LR: "EHO"

Watermark: [illegible fragment]

Marks: Ambroise Firmin-Didot collector mark in black ink on verso (Lugt 119)
R.I.S.D. Museum stamp in brown ink on verso
Louis Galichon collector mark in faded brown ink on verso (Lugt 1060)

New Hollstein no. 287
Only state

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Use

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