The flight into Egypt: a night piece, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

The flight into Egypt: a night piece, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

etching, h 127mm × w 110mm More details

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Identification

Title(s)

The flight into Egypt: a night piece

Object type

print

Object number

RP-P-OB-104

Catalogue reference

New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 262-1(10)
Bartsch 53-1(6)
Hollstein Dutch 53-1(6)

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1651’
inscription: ‘een cirkel in een cirkel met een krijs erdoor en een 1 in een cirkel’
collector's mark: Lugt 240

Creation

Artist

printmaker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1651

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 127 mm × width 110 mm

Subject

What

the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; Mary usually riding on an ass

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Relations

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Documentation

Rembrandt, dl. II, p. 195, cat.nr. 262
Northern nocturnes: nightscapes in the age of Rembrandt, Adriaan E. Waiboer, cat.nr. 34
Rembrandt van Rijn, Christopher White, cat.nr. 53

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.35862

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