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Rembrandt : The Return of the Prodigal Son

Artist



Alternative names	Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description	Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death	15 July 1606	4 October 1669
Location of birth/death	Leiden	Amsterdam
Work period	between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file	: Q5598 VIAF : 64013650 ISNI : 0000000121363802 ULAN : 500011051 LCCN : n79142935 NLA : 35139809 WorldCat

Title

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Description

Return of the Prodigal Son

Date

circa 1668

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 262 cm (103.1 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in)

Collection

Hermitage Museum

	Native name	Государственный Эрмитаж
	Location	Saint Petersburg
	Coordinates	59° 56′ 26″ N, 30° 18′ 49″ E
	Established	1764
	Website	hermitagemuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q132783 VIAF : 128956287 ISNI : 000000041800742X LCCN : n79100241 NLA : 35139924 OSM : 8092294 WorldCat

Current location

room 254

Accession number

742

Object location

59° 56′ 30″ N, 30° 18′ 57.1″ E

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Place of creation

Amsterdam

Object history

by 1766 : André-Joseph, marquis d'Ancezune, duc de Caderousse (1695-1767), Paris

1766: acquired by Catherine the Great (1729-1796), Saint Petersburg , from André-Joseph, marquis d'Ancezune, duc de Caderousse, Paris

from 1766 (?): Hermitage Museum , Saint Petersburg

Exhibition history

Hermitage Museum , 1767 -

Inscriptions

Signature bottom left:

R v Ryn f

References

The State Hermitage Museum: Digital Collection , as Rembrandt, Return of the Prodigal Son , circa 1668 , height: 262 cm (103.1 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in) .
RKDimages, Art-work number 40809 , as Rembrandt or workshop, Return of the prodigal son , 1660s (1660-1669), height: 262 cm (103.1 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in) Web Gallery of Art , as The Return of the Prodigal Son , circa 1669 , height: 262 cm (103.1 in); width: 206 cm (81.1 in) .

Source/Photographer

5QFIEhic3owZ-A — Google Arts & Culture

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See Category:Return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt

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