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Abraham caressing Isaac

Print
ca. 1637 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching depicting a man wearing a hat, seated, holding a boy in his arm, stroking the boy's hair and chin. The boy is smiling and holding a piece of fruit in his left hand.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Object type
print
TitleAbraham caressing Isaac (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Printing Ink
Drypoint
Etching
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Abraham caressing Isaac', first state. Amsterdam, ca. 1637.
Physical description
Etching depicting a man wearing a hat, seated, holding a boy in his arm, stroking the boy's hair and chin. The boy is smiling and holding a piece of fruit in his left hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.6cm
  • Width: 8.9cm
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt.f (Signed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides.
Subject depicted
Abraham and Isaac
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.33.
  • 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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.664

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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