Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt1636

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Title: Return of the Prodigal Son
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn
Date Created: 1636
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate: “Rembrandt R 1636”
Print State: Only state
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1938
Materials & Techniques: Etching on cream laid paper
Keywords: Bible, New Testament, parables, Prodigal Son, religions, religious art
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 157 mm x 134 mm (6.18 in. x 5.28 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 91; Hind 147; Münz 207; BB. 36-D; D’Oench, Prodigal Son Narratives 1480–1980 (Yale University Art Gallery and Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1995) cat. no. 7, p. 7.
Associated People: Created by Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Accession Number: 1938.D1.50

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