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Abraham entertaining the Angels
1656
- Medium
- etching and drypoint
- Measurements
- 15.9 × 13.1 cm (plate) 16.2 × 13.2 cm (sheet)
- Catalogue/s Raisonné
- Bartsch 29; Hind 286; White & Boon 29; NHD 295
- Edition
- only state
- Inscription
- printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Rembrandt f. 1656
- Accession Number
- 3833-4
- Departments
- International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1958
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
Watermarks
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- Watermark Form
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Arms of Amsterdam
- The Arms of Amsterdam motif was a popular watermark in the Netherlands and closely resembles the city's coat of arms today. The three Saint Andrew's crosses represent Amsterdam, and the two rampant lions represent the Netherlands. It is likely this paper was manufactured in France for the Dutch market, as many papers of this time were imported to the Netherlands from nearby countries.
- Watermark and variant description
- Arms of Amsterdam - variant N.a. Shield with three vertical fields (separated by a single wire), three St Andrew's crosses vertically in the central one. The shield supported by two lions rampant and surmounted by a crown decorated with irregularly shaped jewels on the outside and a double arch inside. There is no platform below the lions, and the letters LA are below.
- Closely related watermark references
- Churchill 4 (1658); Heawood 428 (1678, Dutch paper in manuscript).
- Completeness
- partial
- Chain Line Interval
- 24-25 mm
- Laid Line Frequency
- 10-11 per cm
- Placement and spacing of wires
- ? x 18 [6|26|7] x 17
- Wire Side
- recto
- Radiograph taken from
- verso
