The blindness of Tobit: the larger plate, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

Title(s)

The blindness of Tobit: the larger plate

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1962-18

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 265-1(2)
• Bartsch 42-1(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 42-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1651’
• mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1651

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 161 mm × width 129 mm

What

• Tobit's blindness (Tobit 2 - 3:6)

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1962

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 205, cat.nr. 265
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 42