The Flight into Egypt

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The Flight into Egypt

Artist Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Artist Hercules Seghers (1589 - 1638)

Dateabout 1653

Dimensions8 3/8 x 11 in. (211 x 280 mm.) [paper trimmed approximately to plate size]

MediumEtching, drypoint and burin

ClassificationPrints

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the William J. Hitchcock Fund in memory of Grace J. Hitchcock and the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

2001.9

Not on View

DescriptionGood impression of Rembrandt's etching in the sixth of seven states. The white wove paper is trimmed just to or outside the plate mark on all sides. The print is hinged to a partial sheet of laid Japan paper, then matted in cream boards.

Published Referencescf. F.W.H. Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949-93, no. 56. cf. Arthur M. Hind, Rembrandt's Etchings: an Essay and a Catalogue, London: Methuen and Company, 1912, vol. 1, p. 145. cf. Christopher White, Rembrandt as an Etcher: a Study of the Artist as Work, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1969, pp. 218-19. cf. Adam von Bartsch, The Illustrated Bartsch, New York: Abaris Books, 1978- ,no. 56. cf. K.G. Boon, Rembrandt: the Complete Etchings, New York: Abrams, 1963, no. 253. cf. Jakob Rosenberg, Rembrandt: Life and Work, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1980, pp. 150-51. cf. Boudewijn Bakker, et. al., Landscapes of Rembrandt, Amsterdam (Netherlands): Gemeentearchief (EC), 1998, p. 20, 33. cf. Leo C. Collins, Hercules Seghers, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1953. cf. Bob Haak, Rembrandt: His Life, His work, His Time, New York: Abrams, 1969, no. 396-99. cf. C.S. Zilva, "Landscape-Paintings of Rembrandt and Hercules Segers," The Burlington Magazine, v. 73 (September 1938), p. 132.Exhibition HistoryTMA New Acquisitions in Graphic Arts, Dec. 21, 2001-March 30, 2002 TMA Rembrandt What Was He Thinking Mar. 3-May 28 2006