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Abraham Entertaining the Angels

Print
ca. 1656 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching and drypoint depicting a man holding a cup, seated outside with a plate of food and either side of him sits two angels. There is also a man with a jug on the right, a woman peeking through the doorway on the left. In the background is a child with a bow facing away toward the landscape of hills and trees.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Object type
print
TitleAbraham Entertaining the Angels (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and drypoint
Printing Ink
Drypoint
Etching
Brief description
Etching and drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Abraham entertaining the Angels', first state. Amsterdam, ca. 1656.
Physical description
Etching and drypoint depicting a man holding a cup, seated outside with a plate of food and either side of him sits two angels. There is also a man with a jug on the right, a woman peeking through the doorway on the left. In the background is a child with a bow facing away toward the landscape of hills and trees.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.9cm
  • Width: 13.1cm
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt f.1656 (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides.
Subjects depicted
Angels
Cups
Food and Drink
Bows and Arrows
Abram
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt (Vienna, 1797). B.29.
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923).
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich), 1888-1957. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. (Amsterdam : M. Hertzberger, 1949-), vol. 18-19.
  • The Catalogue of the Constantine Alexander Ionides Collection. (London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1904).
  • Blanc, Charles, L'œuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61).
  • Biörklund George. Rembrandt's Etchings, True and False: A Summary Catalogue in a Distinctive Chronological Order and Completely Illustrated , (Stockholm, London & Paris, 1955) (2nd ed. 1968).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.666

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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