Abraham and Isaac, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645

Title(s)

Abraham and Isaac

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1962-13

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 224-1(2)
• Bartsch 34-1(1)
• Hollstein Dutch 34-1(1)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrant. 1645.’
• inscription: ‘C.J. Wawra - Wien Nov-Dec 1882 - A.L.’
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2773
• inscription: ‘een kleine cirkel in een grote cirkel met een horizontale streep erdoor’

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1645

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 157 mm × width 130 mm

What

• story of Abraham
• story of Isaac

Credit line

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

Acquisition

bequest 1962

Copyright

Public domain

• Late Rembrandt, Jonathan Bikker, Gregor J.M. Weber, Marjorie Elizabeth Wieseman, Marijn Schapelhouman, Anna Krekeler, Christopher White, afb. 86, p. 254
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 126, cat.nr. 224
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 34
• De etsen [uit de schenking De Bruijn], Karel Gerard Boon, p. 111, cat.nr. 64