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The Aged Tobias Being Mocked by His Wife

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, Rembrandt van Rijn, and others

The Aged Tobias Being Mocked by His Wife

1772

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The Aged Tobias Being Mocked by His Wife

1772

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 220 x 240 mm. (8 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.) Image: 210 x 230 mm. (8 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.7711
After a painting by Carel Fabritius. The painting was formerly attributed to Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn.

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Rembrandt, Pinx."; below image, lower center and right, in plate "Der alte Tobias wird von seinen Weibe verspottet. Aüs dem Cabinet des herrn director Cesar."; below image, lower right, in plate "G.F. Schmidt, fec. aqua forti 1773." Verso: lower left in graphite "232"; lower right in graphite "Z7xR. / 1300", lower right in graphite diamond with "12458"; lower right in graphite indecipherable

Markings: CM: Claghorn WM: letters, unidentified

Artist

Georg Friedrich Schmidt

1711–1774

German, 1712-1775
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Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

1605–1668

Dutch, 1606-1669
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Artist

Carel Fabritius

1621–1653

Dutch, 1622-1654
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