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The Flight into Egypt: Small

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Flight into Egypt: Small
1633
Etching on paper.
Plate Mark: 91 x 64 mm
RvR 81
NHD 117, I
Provenance: 
John Heywood Hawkins (1803-1877), London and Bignor Park; Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884), London and Dalkeith; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Inscription: 

Signed and dated lower center, "Rembrandt·inventor et fecit· 1633".

Notes: 

watermark: None.
Matthew 2:14-15.
Upper background dirty owing to false biting. (White and Boon)

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
School: 
Dutch
Century: 
17th century
Classification: 
Print
Department: 
Drawings and Prints