The Flight into Egypt, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Title(s)

The Flight into Egypt
The flight into Egypt crossing a brook

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-113

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 277-1(1)
• Bartsch 55-1(1)
• Hollstein Dutch 55-1(1)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1654’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1654

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 95 mm × width 144 mm

What

• the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; Mary usually riding on an ass

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Late Rembrandt, Jonathan Bikker, Gregor J.M. Weber, Marjorie Elizabeth Wieseman, Marijn Schapelhouman, Anna Krekeler, Christopher White, p. 188; p. 297, cat.nr. 87
• Late Rembrandt, Jonathan Bikker, Gregor J.M. Weber, Marjorie Elizabeth Wieseman, Marijn Schapelhouman, Anna Krekeler, Christopher White, p. 188; p. 299, cat.nr. 87
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 228, cat.nr. 277
• Rembrandt's faith : church and temple in the Dutch golden age, p. 170-171
• Rembrandt etchings from the Frits Lugt collection, Erik Hinterding, Frits Lugt, p. 122-123, cat.nr. 42
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 55