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Abraham Entertaining the Angels

Artist:: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)

Date:: 1656

Medium:: Etching with drypoint; only state

Dimensions:: sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 7/16 in. (16.5 x 13.8 cm) plate: 6 1/4 x 5 3/16 in. (15.9 x 13.2 cm)

Classification:: Prints

Credit Line:: Gift of Henry Walters, by exchange, 1923

Accession Number:: 23.51.8

Not on view

Henry Walters, by exchange; Donor: Henry Walters, by exchange

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," September 11, 2000–December 4, 2000.

Bartsch 29, Hind 286; NH(Rembrandt).II.266.295

Timelines
Low Countries, 1600–1800 A.D.

"A Rabbi with Wings: Remarks on Rembrandt's Etching 'Abraham Entertaining the Angels'": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 12 (1977)

Department

Drawings and Prints (153,778)

Artist / Maker / Culture

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (416)

Object Type / Material

Drypoints (3,073)

Engravings (5,451)

Etching (37,016)

Intaglio prints (5,661)

Prints (125,154)

Geographic Location

Europe (167,837)

Netherlands (9,371)

Date / Era

A.D. 1600–1800 (74,669)

Portrait of Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol, Writing Master (the larger plate)

Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam) Date: 1658 Medium: Etching and drypoint; fourth state Accession: 41.1.55 On view in:Not on view

Mariana

Artist: after Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam) Date: 17th century Medium: Etching and engraving Accession: 1994.610(53) On view in:Not on view

Reclining Female Nude

Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam) Date: 1658 Medium: Etching, drypoint, and engraving on japan paper Accession: 29.107.28 On view in:Not on view

Cottage among Trees

Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam) Date: ca. 1650 Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on paper washed with brown Accession: 29.100.939 On view in:Not on view

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Artist: School of Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam) Date: 1620–69 Medium: Pen and brown ink. Framing line in dark brown ink. Accession: 1975.131.161 On view in:Not on view