Art, literature & history
Abraham Entertaining the Angels
1656
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching and drypoint on Japanese paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 15.8 x 12.7 cm (6 1/4 x 5 in.) sheet: 16.1 x 13 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2005.69.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Rembrandt van Rijn. Abraham Entertaining the Angels. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Abraham Entertaining the Angels — Rembrandt van Rijn. 1656.
Medium: etching and drypoint on Japanese paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 15.8 x 12.7 cm (6 1/4 x 5 in.) sheet: 16.1 x 13 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2005.69.1. New Century Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.