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File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 035.jpg

Summary

Artist
Title Sacrifice of Isaac
Date 1635
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 193 cm (76 in). Width: 132 cm (52 in).
Accession number 727
Object history

by 1736: Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745), London/Houghton Hall, Norfolk
by 1779: George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford (1730-1791), Houghton Hall, Norfolk

1779: purchased by Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796), Saint Petersburg, from George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford, Houghton Hall, Norfolk for GBP 300
Exhibition history

Rembrandt 1669/1969, 13 September 1969–30 November 1969, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Cat.no. 4a.
Rembrandt, The master and his workshop, Altes Museum, Berlin, 12 September 1991–10 November 1991, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 4 December 1991–1 March 1992, National Gallery, London, 26 March 1992–141 May 1992, Cat.no. 21.
Rembrandt et son école ; Collections du musée de l’Hermitage de Saint-Petersbourg, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Dijon, 24 November 2003–8 March 2004, Cat.no. 2.
Rembrandt's Abraham's Sacrifice. Two Versions of the Same Composition, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, 13 July 2004–13 October 2004.

Rembrandt-Caravaggio, 24 February 2006–18 June 2006, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Cat.no. 22.
Inscriptions Signature and date bottom left: Rembrandt. f. 1635.
References

RKDimages, Art-work number 40898, as Het offer van Abraham (Genesis 22:10-12), 193.5 × 132.8 cm (76.2 × 52.3 in).

Web Gallery of Art, as Sacrifice of Isaac, 193 × 132 cm (76 × 52 in).
Source/Photographer The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.
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