Object number1941.1.62
Abraham Entertaining the Angels
Date1656
Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn
(Dutch, 1606-1669)
CultureDutch
MediumEtching and drypoint in black ink on cream laid paper with a fragment of an unidentified watermark
DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 x 5 3/16 in. (16.03 x 13.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg and her children
On View
Not on viewPeriod17th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned: Rembrandt f.
MarkingsWatermark: unidentified (fragment of a crown or coat of arms?)
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch/Hollstein 29; Gersaint 30; Hind 286; Münz 185; Middleton 230; Biorklund/Barnard 56-BBibliographyLimouze, Dorothy and Susan Kuretsky. The Felix M. Warburg Print Collection: A Legacy of Discernment. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 1995.
Weislogel, Andy & Banta, Andaleeb Badiee, Lines of Inquiry: Learning from Rembrandt's Etchings (New York/Ohio: H.R Johnson Museum of Art/ Allen Memorial Museum of Art, 2017), p.159-161, repr. p.160, cat.no.47
Bartsch/Hollstein 29; Gersaint 30; Middleton 230; Hind 286; Münz 185; Biöklund/Barnard 56-B; Limouze 43ProvenanceCollections: Felix M. and Frieda Warburg, New YorkVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition History"Master Printmakers: Rembrandt and His Contemporaries," Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 9 April 1992 - 19 July 1992.Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Grand Gestures: Celebrating Rembrandt", April 7-June 11, 2006
Ithaca, New York, H.F Johnson Museum, Cornell University, "Learning from Rembrandt's Etchings," September 23rd - December 23rd, 2017. Cat.no.47, repr.
Oberlin, Ohio, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, "Learning from Rembrandt's Etchings," February 5th - May 11th, 2018. Cat. no.47, repr.
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