The Rest on the Flight into Egypt: A Night Piece
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1644
name: label: Fabricator
content: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669
label: Print Maker
content: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A night scene illuminated by the light of the lantern which is suspended from the branch of a tree, left. The Holy Family is seated in the foreground, the Virgin holding the Child in Her lap. At right, the head of an ass is introduced into the composition.
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of George Campbell Cooper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1896-3-152
objectType: label: Type
content: religion
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and drypoint on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 9.3 × 6 cm (3 11/16 × 2 3/8 in.)