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The Flight into Egypt: a night piece

Print
1651 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching, burin and drypoint depicting a night scene of a woman and child on a donkey, which is being led by a man holding a lantern in his right hand.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
print
Titles
  • The Flight into Egypt: a night piece (published title)
  • The Rest on the Flight: a night piece (alternative title)
Materials and techniques
Etching, burin and drypoint
Paper (Fiber Product)
Etching (Printing Process)
Drypoint
Brief description
Etching, burin and drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'The Flight into Egypt: a night piece', fifth state. Amsterdam, 1651.
Physical description
Etching, burin and drypoint depicting a night scene of a woman and child on a donkey, which is being led by a man holding a lantern in his right hand.
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt f.1651 (the 6 reversed)

Note
Signed and dated
Subjects depicted
Donkey
Lanterns (Lighting Devices)
Night
Jesus Christ
The Virgin Mary
Saint Joseph of Nazareth
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.53.
  • 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).
  • Blanc, Charles, L'oeuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923).
  • 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
CIRC.411-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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