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Flight into Egypt: Altered from Tobias and the Angel by Hercules Segers

ca. 1653
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Flight into Egypt: Altered from Tobias and the Angel by Hercules Segers
  • Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)
  • Artist: Hercules Segers (Dutch, ca. 1590–ca. 1638)
  • Date: ca. 1653
  • Medium: Etching reworked with drypoint and burin by Rembrandt; fifth of six states
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 7/16 × 11 in. (21.4 × 28 cm)
    Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 1/2 in. (23 × 29.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919
  • Object Number: 19.19.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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