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Rembrandt van Rijn

The Return of the Prodigal Son

1635

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Rembrandt van Rijn

The Return of the Prodigal Son

1635

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 180 x 155 mm. (7 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.) Plate: 155 x 136 mm. (6 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number 1943.32.219
Prints: Wood-Blocks, Etchings, Mezzotints, Lithographs - Durer to Matisse

Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower center, in plate "Rembrandt f 1636." Verso: lower left in graphite "Doublette [indecipherable] / Cambridge."

Markings: CM: University Library, Cambridge (Lugt 2475; with stamp "AD.12.40-23"); Ludwig Bruchman (Lugt 308); Lawrason Riggs (Lugt 1756c) WM: fragment, crown (unidentified)

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

1605–1668

Dutch, 1606-1669
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