The Flight into Egypt: Altered from Seghers
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Flight into Egypt: Altered from Seghers
ca. 1652.
Etching and engraving and drypoint on paper.
214 x 284 mm
RvR 88
NHD 271, IV
Provenance:
John Barnard (d. 1784), London; George Hibbert (1757-1837), London; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.
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Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, over "4" letters "WR", (Strasbourg lily).
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Matthew 2:14-15.
St. Joseph's face has been slightly burnished. Detailed foliage on the trees and the background on the right etched in. (White and Boon)
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