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The Flight into Egypt, on a Plate by Segers
Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1653
Rembrandt’s admiration for the art of Hercules Segers is well known. Here, this is evident in a very unusual way. For this Flight into Egypt, Rembrandt used a copper plate by Segers with Tobias and the Angel. He effaced the original figures in the plate, replacing them with the Holy Family. He left the landscape largely untouched.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-1962-31
- Dimensionsheight 211 mm x width 284 mm
- Physical characteristicsetching, engraving and drypoint, printed on Japanese paper