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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (AKA Rembrandt Harmensz.van Rijn), Dutch, (July 15, 1606–1669)

Creation date: 1644

Creation place: Netherlands

Other Information

Type: Etching

Medium and Support: Etching

Credit Line: Gift of Freda L. Klapp

Accession Number: 1942.44

Dimensions: 3 5/8 in. x 2 3/8 in. (9.21 cm x 6.03 cm)

Provenance

Albertina Collection, ( - )

Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York ( - )

Freda Leslie Klapp, San Diego, California ( - May 26, 1942)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (May 26, 1942 - )

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Done a year or two after the Saint Jerome in a Dark Room, the Rest on the Flight continues Rembrandt's work on the "dark manner" technique, adding to it the additional difficulty of doing so on a miniscule scale. Rembrandt made four states of this print as he tried to balance the fall of the lantern's light. The subject is one to which he turned many times, including two of his earliest experiments in etching from the 1620s. A later print of the subject, done in 1651, is even more intensely worked, with six states (all by Rembrandt) having been identified.
Last Updated: 7/21/2021

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

The Age of Rembrandt: Etchings from Holland's Golden Century San Diego Museum of Art , 10/13/2001 - 1/13/2002

Visible Vaults The San Diego Museum of Art , 11/12/2016 - 00/00/00

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego Catalogue: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1960
Page Number: 97

Mr. Steven Kern. The Age of Rembrandt: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2001
Page Number: 18 no. 12, 28, Figure Number: 12

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