A seated woman holds a sleeping baby in her lap, a man sitting next to her peers at the baby.
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The woman looks pensively at the baby, she is draped in robes and head covering, her bare feet are seen below the robes. Her left hand supports the baby, while her right hand lifts a blanket to reveal the baby. The man in traveling cloths and cap leans in looking over her shoulder, hands folded in his lap. They appear to be sitting on a large log. The background is loosely described in textures and cross hatching. On the left, there’s a suggestion of an old tree with a bird on a branch, another flying in

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3230
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Lightly Etched
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1645
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279617

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 13.1 x 11.5 cm (5 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Rembrandt f 1645
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA[linked] / Pr. within a circular border [Wilhelm Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
  • inscription: verso, graphite, various inscriptions: B. 58. / Tres rare. / B. 58. / rare. / [illeg.]
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite: AM / 632 [perhaps Adolphe Mouilleron (Lugt 147, yet this would seem to be too late a date for it to have passed into the Ackermann Collection])
  • watermark: Foolscap with five-pointed collar [Hinterding v. 2, p. 118, B.a.a. This is predominantly found in prints dated 1645; see p. 373.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 227, Bartsch 58, Hind 216, R. 58

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3230
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ivan Gaskell, Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2006), checklist

Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 09/09/2006 - 12/10/2006

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