The flight into Egypt: altered plate from Seghers, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1653

Title(s)

The flight into Egypt: altered plate from Seghers

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-114

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 271-4(6)
• Bartsch 56-4(7)
• Hollstein Dutch 56-4(7)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240
• inscription: ‘6. Diny(?)’

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn
• print maker: Hercules Segers
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

c. 1653

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 213 mm × width 282 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

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 230, cat.nr. 271
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 56