Abraham Entertaining the Angels [recto]

Rembrandt1656

Details

Title: Abraham Entertaining the Angels [recto]
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn
Date Created: 1656
Physical Dimensions: overall: 16.2 x 13.3 cm (6 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Provenance: Antique shop, Yorkshire; sold 1946 to private collection, England;[1] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 26-27 June 1997, no. 94); purchased by NGA. [1] The copper plate was presumed to have been lost after Rembrandt's death in 1669, but was apparently acquired by a 17th century Antwerp artist, perhaps Peeter Gysels or another artist in his circle, who painted the river landscape scene on the back of the plate.
Rights: CC0
Medium: etched copper plate with drypoint

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