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The Flight into Egypt: Crossing a Brook

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
1654

Medium/Technique Etching and drypoint
Dimensions Platemark: 9.5 × 14.6 cm (3 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 10.2 × 15 cm (4 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession Number97.1243
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 055; Hind 276
ProvenanceHenry 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: April 11, 2022)

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.