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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13401
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Return of the Prodigal Son
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1636
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262145

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 15.4 x 13.1 cm (6 1/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Rembrandt f.
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: E De T Bechtel [in a rectangular border (Lugt 4707)]
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Rembrandt f 1636
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,401

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 159, Bartsch 91, Hind 147

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13401
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4707

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