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Abraham Entertaining the Angels

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Abraham Entertaining the Angels
1656
Etching and drypoint, printed on Japanese paper.
159 x 131 mm
RvR 37
NHD 295
Provenance: 
Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859), London and Packington Hall, Warwickshire; 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 left, "Rembrandt f. 1656".

Notes: 

Watermark: None.
Gen. 18:1-15.
Only one state.

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