Abraham's Sacrifice
Abraham's Sacrifice
- Description
- Mezzotint after painting by Rembrandt once in the Gallery at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. Marsh probably wrote the numeral 33 in pencil in the lower right margin. Notation on mounting sheet indicates the print was taken out for framing in 1894. SI Secretary's Library stamp embossed in lower left margin.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- mezzotint
- Object Type
- Mezzotint
- date made
- 1781
- original artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- engraver
- Murphy, John
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Physical Description
- ink (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 52.25 cm x 37.5 cm; 20 9/16 in x 14 3/4 in
- plate: 50.5 cm x 35.5 cm; 19 7/8 in x 13 31/32 in
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.03.35
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.03.35
- Credit Line
- Marsh Collection
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Marsh Collection
- Religion
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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