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Jacob Caressing Benjamin


Abraham Caressing Isaac
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
about 1637

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Platemark: 11.7 x trimmed cm (4 5/8 x trimmed in.)
Sheet: 11.88 x 8.9 cm (4 11/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP406
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 033; Hind 148 ii
ProvenanceNathaniel Smith, 2nd half of the 18th century, London (cf. Lugt 2296). Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.