Herman van Swanevelt
Abraham Inviting the Three Angels to Enter his House
1628
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 121 x 198 mm. (4 3/4 x 7 13/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "Old Testament Subjects"
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1943.32.139
Collection mark of J.W. Nahl (Lugt 1954) and Gen. Lawrason Riggs on back.
BMA, "17th Century Prints from Italy and The North," 27 May - 17 August, 1986.
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "H. Swanevelt Fe. Rom.". Verso: upper left in graphite "D584"; upper left in graphite indecipherable; lower left in graphite "M12557"; lower left in graphite "191"; lower center in graphite "8 9/16 5 9/16"; lower right in graphite indecipherable
Markings: CM: Johann Wilhelm Nahl (Lugt 1954), General Lawrason Riggs
