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Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael

Print
1637 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching with touches of drypoint depicting a man wearing turban and a robe, standing outside a doorway with outstretched arms; a woman and boy walking away on the right. There is a woman leaning out of a window and a boy peeking through the doorway on the left.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAbraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching with touches of drypoint
Brief description
Etching with touches of drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael'. Amsterdam, 1637.
Physical description
Etching with touches of drypoint depicting a man wearing turban and a robe, standing outside a doorway with outstretched arms; a woman and boy walking away on the right. There is a woman leaning out of a window and a boy peeking through the doorway on the left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.5cm
  • Width: 9.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt f 1637 (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides.
Subjects depicted
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.30.
  • 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).
  • The Catalogue of the Constantine Alexander Ionides Collection. (London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1904).
  • 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.
  • 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
Accession number
CAI.665

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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