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The Rest on the Flight: A Night Piece

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Rest on the Flight: A Night Piece
ca. 1644
Etching and drypoint on paper.
93 x 60 mm
RvR 91
NHD 216, III
Provenance: 
Hermann Weber (1817-1854), Bonn; Karl Eduard von Liphart (1808-1891), Dorpat, Bonn and Florence; Carl Schlösser (1827-1884), Elberfeld; Edward Smith Jr. (2nd half of the 19th century), London; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
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Watermark: None.
Pseudo-Matthew 20-21.
Fine shading added to area of shadow beneath lamp. (White and Boon)

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