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Currently not on display

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Leyden, 1606 - Amsterdam, 1669

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Date 1636
Materials and Techniques Etching
Watermarks Paschal Lamb
Size(cm) 15.6 x 13.6 (plate)
Inscriptions Signed and dated lower center: Rembrandt f 1636
Standard ref. B. 91; NH 159 I/III
Category Prints
Collection Number G.2023-0001

Provenance

Purchased by NMWA, 28 April 2023.

Exhibition History

2011
Rembrandt: The Quest for Chiaroscuro, National Museum of Wetsern Art, 12 March 2011 - 12 June 2011, Nagoya City Art Museum, 25 June 2011-4 September 2011, cat. no. 22

Bibliography

2011
Rembrandt: The Quest for Chiaroscuro (exh.cat.). Kofuku, Akira. Tokyo, Nippon Television Network Corporation, 2011, pp. 238-239, cat. nos. 93-94, repr.
2013
Hinterding, Erik; Rutgers, Jaco. Rembrandt. Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel, Sound & Vision Publishers, in co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2013, The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700, cat. no. 159-I, repr.

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