Updated 17 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
The Flight into Egypt
| Date | ca. 1653 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | etching, engraving and drypoint |
| Size（cm） | 20.9 x 28.1 |
| State | 6th state (adapting the plate by Hercules Seghers) |
| Standard ref. | Bartsch 56; Hollstein 56; Hind 266; Münz 216 |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.1979-0004 |
Provenance
Purchased by the NMWA, 1979.
Exhibition History
- 1997
- Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, 12 April 1997 - 18 May 1997, cat. no. 70
- 2003
- Rembrandt and the Rembrandt School: The Bible, Mythology and Ancient History, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 13 September 2003 - 14 December 2003, cat. no. 40
- 2011
- Rembrandt: The Quest for Chiaroscuro, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 12 March 2011 - 12 June 2011, Nagoya City Art Museum, 25 June 2011 - 4 September 2011, cat. no. 55, repr.
- 2024
- Does the Future Sleep Here?: Revisiting the Museum's Response to Contemporary Art after 65 Years, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 12 March 2024 - 12 May 2024
Bibliography
- 1968
- Biörklung, George; Barnard, Osbert H. Rembrandt's Etchings, True and False. 2nd ed., Stockholm, 1968, p. 118, no. BB 53-2.
- 1969
- Rembrandt's Etchings in Six Groups (exh. cat.). De Hoop Scheffer, Dieuwke, ed. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1969, [p. 5]
- 1969
- White, Christopher. Rembrandt as an Etcher. 2 vols., London, 1969, pp. 218-220, ill. nos. 335-337.
- 1971
- Hijikata, Teiichi. Hyoden Rembrandt van Rijn. Tokyo, Shinchosha, 1971, pp. 175-177. (in Japanese)
- 1981
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 14 (1979), 1981, New Acquisitions (Catalogue). pp. 22-23, repr.
- 2011
- Rembrandt: The Quest for Chiaroscuro(exh. cat.). Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, c2011, cat. no. 55, repr.
- 2024
- Does the Future Sleep Here?: Revisiting the Museum's Response to Contemporary Art after 65 Years (exh. cat.). Shinfuji, Atsushi; Mochizuki, Kaoru, eds. [Tokyo], Culture Convenience Club; Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 2024, pp. 50, 301, col. repr.