About the Artwork
Abraham's Sacrifice
1655
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
1606-1669
Dutch
Unknown
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 6 1/8 × 5 1/4 inches (15.6 × 13.3 cm) Sheet: 6 3/8 × 5 3/8 inches (16.2 × 13.7 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
City of Detroit Purchase
30.359
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, lower right of image: Rembrandt f 1655
Inscribed, in pencil and ink, verso: [numeric inscriptions] Inscribed, in pencil, vertically, center left edge: R. A. R.
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University of Michigan-Dearborn Mardigian Library, IMPRESSIONS OF FAITH, REMBRANDT'S BIBLICAL ETCHINGS, Feb. 10-23, 1989, no. 13 (ill.).
From Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from 1550 to 1700. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 2020, p. 3 (fig. 3 ill.), p. 12.
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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Abraham's Sacrifice, 1655, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.359.
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