The Blindness of Tobit: The Larger Plate

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Title: The Blindness of Tobit: The Larger Plate
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Date Created: 1651
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 16.2 x 13.1 cm (6 3/8 x 5 3/16 in.); Platemark: 16.1 x 12.9 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Provenance: August Vasel, (1848-1910), stamp (Lugt 191), verso, lower center, in blue. ?Herzogliches Museum (duplicate), Brunswick, stamp (Lugt 291b), verso, center, in purple (faded). Leonard Colton Hanna, Jr. (1889-1957), Cleveland, Ohio; gift, 1934
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1934.351
Medium: etching with drypoint
State of work: i/ii
Inscriptions: lower center, in plate: Rembrandt f. 1651 ; lower right, in plate: Rembrandt f. 1651 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: B. 42. Bl. 15. R. II. / ptst. ; lower left, in graphite: [1 4 6 ?] ; lower left, in graphite: 54 ; lower left, in graphite: C[H Kru...ber?] ; lower center, in graphite: R922R ; lower right, in graphite: Tobit Blind
Department: Prints
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
Collection: PR - Etching
Accession Number: 1934.351

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