Lovis Corinth (German, 1858–1925)

The Sacrifice of Isaac: After Rembrandt (Die Opferung Isaacs: Nach Rembrandt)

Date:

(1920), dated 1921

Medium:

Drypoint

Dimensions:

plate: 12 1/2 x 9 13/16" (31.7 x 24.9 cm); sheet: 15 9/16 x 11 7/8" (39.5 x 30.2 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co., Munich

Printer:

probably Alfred Ruckenbrod, Berlin

Edition:

Trial proof before the edition of 280 (including 140 in the regular edition and 70 in the deluxe edition of the illustrated book Die religiösen Legenden Rembrandts, and 70 in the supplementary suite of prints on Japan paper accompanying the deluxe edition)

Credit Line:

Given anonymously

Reference:

Schwarz 391 II.

MoMA Number:

240.1952

Themes:

Death, Religion

Techniques:

Intaglio