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
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Rembrandt: The Museum's Collection," 15 January - 21 April, 1991.
BMA, "The Age of Rembrandt: Distinguished Prints from the Collection," 12 February - 13 April 1997.
BMA, "The Age of Rembrandt: Distinguished Prints from the Collection," 12 February - 13 April 1997.
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)
