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The Flight into Egypt: A Sketch

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Flight into Egypt: A Sketch
ca. 1628
Etching on paper.
Plate Mark: 79 x 51 mm
RvR 85
NHD 4, III
Provenance: 
Henry Danby Seymour (1820-1877), London and Trent, sales 1875 & 1876; Marsden Jasiel Perry (1850-1937), Providence, sale at Stuttgart 1908; Otto Gerstenberg (1848-1935), Berlin; purchased from Harlow & Co., November 1922.
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Watermark: None.
Matthew 2:14-15.
Plate cut down [from 146 x 122 mm] and arched at the top.
Subject reduced to St. Joseph and the ass's head. (R.181) (White and Boon)

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