G3223: Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels
PrintsThe older man (Abraham) holds a chalice in his left hand while motioning with his right hand to a basket of flat breads, center bottom. There are two winged males on each side of him, a third older bearded man sits on far right, holding a pitcher; they all glance at the basket. A young boy is behind them, leaning over a short stone wall with bow and arrow, his face in profile, back to viewer. An older woman on left peers from behind the wooden door in shadow. The background is a sketch of thick leafy trees.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- G3223
- People
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
- Title
- Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1656
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/279633
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint on white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Etching and drypoint
- Dimensions
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plate: 16 x 13.2 cm (6 5/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
sheet: 16.2 × 13.4 cm (6 3/8 × 5 1/4 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- collector's mark: verso, lower left: E. F. [encircled] [E. Faesch, Lugt 846]
- collector's mark: verso, lower left, black ink: Dr. / WA / Pr. [encircled] [Wilhelm August Ackermann, Lugt 791]
- inscription: verso, center, graphite: B29.
- inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: f220 [illeg.] / An [obscured by stamp] / -
- inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: B29
- inscription: verso, bottom center, black ink: E. Faesch
- inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: [illeg.]
- inscription: in plate, l.l.: Rembrandt f. 1656.
- inscription: verso, graphite, along side edge: E.H.G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf; late 19th c. Gray Collection inventory]
- collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite number: [Gray Collection accession stamp, Lugt 4836] 3223
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- E. Faesch (L. 846), probably sold; to Dr. Wilhelm August Ackermann (L. 791), Lubeck and Dresden, sold; [through his sale, Dresden, March 29, 1953, lot 610], probably; to Francis Galley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- only state
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 295, Bartsch 29, Hind 286, Rovinski 29
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
- Object Number
- G3223
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 846
- Stephanie Schrader, ed., Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India, exh. cat., J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, 2018), pp. 53, 107, 135, repr. p. 107 as plate 32
Exhibition History
- Rembrandt: A Selection of his Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 10/18/1984 - 12/11/1984
- Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 03/13/2018 - 06/24/2018
Verification Level
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