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Return of the Prodigal Son,

Etching on cream laid paper

Only state

Print impression quality: Fair; landscape indistinct

Dimensions (Plate): 157 x 134 mm (6.2 x 5.3 in.)

Signed in plate: “Rembrandt R 1636”

Accession number: 1938.D1.50

Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1938

Provenance / Collectors' marks: Schwerin, Mecklenburg Museum duplicate (Lugt 2273)

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.

Work Type: print

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