The Sacrifice of Abraham, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655

The Sacrifice of Abraham, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655

etching and drypoint, with plate tone, printed on Japanese paper, h 156mm × w 129mm More details

God never intended to deprive Abraham of his only son, but simply to test his faith. Rembrandt depicted the horrifying scene in a highly intimate manner. The unshackled Isaac does not put up a struggle. Abraham covers his son’s eyes to spare him the sight of the knife he wields. An angel steps in just in the nick of time.

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Identification

Title(s)

The Sacrifice of Abraham
Abraham's sacrifice

Object type

Object number

RP-P-OB-63

Catalogue reference

New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 287-1(1)
Bartsch 35-1(1)
Hollstein Dutch 35-1(1)

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1655’
collector's mark: Lugt 240

Creation

Artist

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

Dating

1655

Material and Technique

Physical features

etching and drypoint, with plate tone, printed on Japanese paper

Material

Japanese paper (handmade paper)

Technique

etching / drypoint / intaglio printmaking technique

Measurements

height 156 mm × width 129 mm

Subject

What

the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

AC-00021404object | reproductionobject | reproductieRP5935 18x24RM0001.COLLECT.1500021403
AC-00066613object | reproductionobject | reproductie12177RM0001.COLLECT.1500066612

Documentation

Late Rembrandt, p. 300
Late Rembrandt, p. 301
Rembrandt, dl. II, p. 247, cat.nr. 287
Rembrandt's faith: church and temple in the Dutch golden age, Shelley Karen Perlove, p. 90-92
Rembrandt etchings from the Frits Lugt collection, Erik Hinterding, p. 78-80, cat.nr. 23
Reframing Rembrandt, Michael 1962- Zell, p. 186; p. 187-191
Rembrandt van Rijn, Christopher White, cat.nr. 35

Persistent URL

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