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The image is an etching showing two people, an older man and a young child. The man is seated with his left arm around the child. He has a long beard and wears a hat, and long robes. The child's head rests against the man's chest, with curly hair and ornate clothing, holding an object. The background has etched foliage on the left and a textured area on the right. The name "Rembrandt" is inscribed in the bottom left corner.
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The image is an etching showing two people, an older man and a young child. The man is seated with his left arm around the child. He has a long beard and wears a hat, and long robes. The child's head rests against the man's chest, with curly hair and ornate clothing, holding an object. The background has etched foliage on the left and a textured area on the right. The name "Rembrandt" is inscribed in the bottom left corner.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Abraham Caressing Isaac

Rembrandt van Rijn

Date
c. 1637
Medium
etching
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 11.8 x 9 cm (4 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.7238
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
  • etching
  • Old Testament
  • religious
  • Abraham
  • Benjamin
  • Isaac
Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Inscription

lower left in plate: Rembrandt. f

NGA object ID 10034. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.