Rembrandt van Rijn
Abraham and Isaac
1644
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 160 x 134 mm. (6 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Plate: 157 x 131 mm. (6 3/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John C. Cooper III, Baltimore
Object Number
1981.122
Provenance information from donor John Cooper III (see object file):
The print was purchased c. 1910-20 by Mr. Henry Chalfant. The print was passed on to his daughter, Mrs. John Crossan Cooper Jr. (Eleanor Chalfant); on her death it became the property of her son, Mr. John Cooper III.
The print was purchased c. 1910-20 by Mr. Henry Chalfant. The print was passed on to his daughter, Mrs. John Crossan Cooper Jr. (Eleanor Chalfant); on her death it became the property of her son, Mr. John Cooper III.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Rembrandt: The Museum's Collection," 15 January - 21 April, 1991.
BMA, "The Age of Rembrandt: Distinguished Prints from the Collection," 12 February - 13 April 1997.
BMA, "The Age of Rembrandt: Distinguished Prints from the Collection," 12 February - 13 April 1997.
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "Rembrandt. / 1645."
Markings: CM: Franz Pokorny (Lugt 788); unidentified mark (Lugt 2909); fragment of unidentified mark on recto at upper platemark WM: fragment, crown (Strasbourg Lily?)
