Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1637

Title(s)

Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-56

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 166-1(1)
• Bartsch 30-1(1)
• Hollstein Dutch 30-1(1)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1637’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

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

Dating

1637

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 126 mm × width 95 mm

What

• the banishment of Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:9-21)

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Reproductie van de ets Abraham verstoot Hagar en Ismaël door Rembrandt van Rijn

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 22, cat.nr. 166
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 30