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Rembrandt etching of bearded figures seated at a meal before a doorway, with bread on a dish and a jug in front, and trees in the landscape at right.

Abraham Entertaining the Angels (Rembrandt, 1656)

An etching in fine dark lines shows bearded elders and a younger seated figure sharing a meal before a doorway, with a dish of bread and a jug on the ground in front. A figure watches from the doorway at left, while trees and a distant hill fill the landscape at right.

Artist
Rembrandt
Date
1656
Medium
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Size
3320 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1656; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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