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Abraham Caressing Isaac

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669

Abraham Caressing Isaac

ca. 1637
Etching on paper.
116 x 89 mm
RvR 41
NHD number
NHD 165, III
Notes
Watermark: None.
Very fine shading added to the shadows of Abraham's turban and elsewhere. Scratch appears on Isaac's shoulder. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed lower left, "Rembrandt f.".
Provenance

Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.

Associated names
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School