The Return of the Prodigal Son
Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606 - 1669
1636
Etching on laid paper
Plate: 6 1/8 × 5 3/8 in. (15.6 × 13.7 cm)
Sheet: 6 15/16 × 6 1/8 in. (17.7 × 15.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: GIft of Orton H. Hicks Jr., Class of 1949
PR.999.46
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower center: Rembrandt f 1636
Course History
ARTH 86, Senior Seminar in Art Historical Theory and Method, Mary Coffey, Winter 2013
ARTH 86, Senior Seminar in Art Historical Theory and Method, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2014
ARTH 85, Senior Seminar in Theory and Method, Mary Coffey, Fall 2014
ARTH 16.17, Rembrandt, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2016
ARTH 16.17, Rembrandt, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2016
ARTH 16.17, Rembrandt, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2016
ARTH 16.17, Rembrandt, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2016
Provenance
Orton H. Hicks, Jr.; given to present collection, 1999.
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