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Abraham's Sacrifice

Print
1655 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching and drypoint depicting a man holding a knife in his outstretched left hand and his right hand is covering the eyes of a boy, who is kneeing on the left. Behind is an angel grasping both the man's arms.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Object type
print
TitleAbraham's Sacrifice (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and drypoint
Printing Ink
Drypoint
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching and drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn. 'Abraham's Sacrifice'. Amsterdam, 1655.
Physical description
Etching and drypoint depicting a man holding a knife in his outstretched left hand and his right hand is covering the eyes of a boy, who is kneeing on the left. Behind is an angel grasping both the man's arms.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.6cm
  • Width: 13.1cm
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt f 1655 (Signed and dated [d and 6 reversed])
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides, 1900.
Subjects depicted
Angel
Knife
Abram
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.35.
  • 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.661

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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