Abraham Caressing Issac

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606 - 1669)

Datec. 1637

MediumEtching

DimensionsPlatemark: 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. (13.7 x 9.8 cm) Sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (13 x 12 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection

CultureDutch

Catalogue raisonné B., Holl. 33; New Holl. 165; H. 148

Object numberPC2014.14.181

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionA very young Isaac stands leaning against his father Abraham, one arm draped over his knee and the other holding an apple. He looks outward, joyfully. The sitting Abraham holds Isaac, one hand on his son's face. This is a late Basan impression (date is original publication). The plate is worn and the dark areas are reworked.

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