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Abraham and Isaac

Print
1645 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching and burin depicting a man wearing a turban, with one hand on his heart and other raised, talking to a boy, who is holding a log of wood. Both are standing in a outdoors scene surrounded by rocks and plants.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Object type
print
Titles
  • Abraham and Isaac (published title)
  • Abraham with his son Isaac (alternative title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and burin
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching and burin by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Abraham and Isaac'. Amsterdam, 1645.
Physical description
Etching and burin depicting a man wearing a turban, with one hand on his heart and other raised, talking to a boy, who is holding a log of wood. Both are standing in a outdoors scene surrounded by rocks and plants.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.7cm (cut to)
  • Width: 13cm (cut to)
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
  • Rembrandt, 1645 (Signed and dated)
  • 710 (Numbered in ink)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Hans Velten
Object history
Bequeathed by Hans Velten.
Subject depicted
Abraham and Isaac
Associated object
CAI.662
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.34.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923).
  • 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
E.3002-1931

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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