The rest on the flight into Egypt: a night piece, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1644

Title(s)

The rest on the flight into Egypt: a night piece

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1019

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 216-2(9)
• Bartsch 57-2(4)
• Hollstein Dutch 57-2(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘W.S. .1772. no. 10.’
• mark: Lugt 2228
• mark: Lugt 439

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

c. 1644

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 92 mm × width 59 mm

What

• rest on the flight into Egypt

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 114, cat.nr. 216
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 57