Reproduction
Object number
41
Record type
single object
Catalog (number)
Bartsch: B56-6(7)
New Hollstein Dutch: NHD271-5(6)
Object name
Title
The Flight into Egypt: Altered from Segers
Creator
Production date
ca 1652
Technique
Material
Dimensions
plate height: 212 mm
plate width: 284 mm
blad height: 288 mm
blad width: 377 mm
Accompanying text
An angel came to Joseph in a dream and warned him that Herod intended to kill the infant Jesus. The same night Joseph and Mary fled into Egypt, taking the child with them (Matthew 2:13-15). This etching is a reworking by Rembrandt of a plate of Tobias and the Angel by Hercules Seghers. He replaced Seghers' figures with the holy family and a group of trees.
Acquisition
H.S. Theobald, London, sale 1910 (L 1375). J. Veth. Acquired from the latter in 1915.
