Reproduction
Object number
42
Record type
single object
Catalog (number)
Bartsch: B57-3(4)
New Hollstein Dutch: NHD216-5(9)
Object name
Title
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt: a night piece
Creator
Production date
ca 1644
Technique
Material
Dimensions
plate height: 92 mm
plate width: 59 mm
Accompanying text
The Bible makes no mention of a rest on the flight into Egypt. The story appears in the thirteenth-century Legenda Aurea. In this third state of the print drypoint was used to add the head and neck of the ass on the right-hand side.
Acquisition
According to the 1931 catalogue: H. Oshe, Berlin, sale 1885 (no stamp; cf. L 1350). J. Veth. Acquired from the latter in 1915.
