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The Blindness of Tobit: The Larger Plate

1651

Rembrandt van Rijn

(Dutch, 1606–1669)

Netherlands, 17th century

Etching with drypoint

Support: Cream(3) laid paper

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.)

Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1934.351

Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 42 (XVIII.21)

State: i/ii

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

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

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
Exhibition history

Recent Accessions of Prints, 1933-34. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-March 13, 1935).

Prints by Rembrandt from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 28, 1937-March 8, 1938).

Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-August 1, 1982).

Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-May 25, 1984).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1934.351