The rest on the flight into Egypt: a night piece, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1644

Title(s)

The rest on the flight into Egypt: a night piece

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-118

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 216-3(9)
• Bartsch 57-3(4)
• Hollstein Dutch 57-3(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

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

Dating

c. 1644

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 92 mm × width 60 mm

What

• rest on the flight into Egypt

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 114, cat.nr. 216
• Northern nocturnes : nightscapes in the age of Rembrandt, Adriaan E. Waiboer, Michiel Franken, cat.nr. 32
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 57