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The flight into Egypt: after a plate by Segers
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The flight into Egypt: after a plate by Segers

Rembrandt van Rijn · c. 1653 · etching; burijn; drypoint; Japanese paper (handmade paper)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Rembrandt’s admiration for the art of Hercules Segers is well known. Here, this is evident in a very unusual way. For this Flight into Egypt, Rembrandt used a copper plate by Segers with Tobias and the Angel. He effaced the original figures in the plate, replacing them with the Holy Family. He left the landscape largely untouched.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printMary usually riding on an ass
Credit lineDe vlucht naar Egypte, op een plaat van Segers. c. 1653. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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