About the Artwork
Abraham Entertaining the Angels
1656
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
1606-1669
Dutch
Unknown
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 6 1/4 × 5 1/8 inches (15.9 × 13 cm) Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 3/8 inches (16.5 × 13.7 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
City of Detroit Purchase
30.362
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, lower left of image: Rembrandt 1656
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Stamp, in purple, verso: H. S. Theobald
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H. S. Theobald
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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Abraham Entertaining the Angels, 1656, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.362.
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