Rembrandt

The Return of the Prodigal Son



Rembrandt - The Return of the Prodigal Son



Rembrandt
The Return of the Prodigal Son
c. 1642
191 x 227 mm
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white heightening
Teylers Museum, Haarlem


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 1318
Benesch 519
Schatborn D76

Literature
Richard Verdi, Rembrandt's themes, New Haven, 2014, fig. 131


Exhibitions

2009 Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference, Nr. 20.1
1969 Rembrandt 1669/1969, Nr. 65

Iconclass

73C86461 The prodigal son kneels before his father who takes him in his arms

External links

RKD 226052

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