The Rest on the Flight into Egypt; lightly etched

1645

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and drypoint
Dimensions: sheet: 5 3/16 x 4 9/16 in. (13.2 x 11.6 cm)
Collection no.: 1974.504
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Rembrandt van Rijn. The Rest on the Flight into Egypt; lightly etched. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt; lightly etched — Rembrandt van Rijn. 1645.

Medium: Etching and drypoint. Dimensions: sheet: 5 3/16 x 4 9/16 in. (13.2 x 11.6 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1974.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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