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The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobias

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
1641

Medium/Technique Etching and drypoint
Dimensions Platemark: 10.3 x 15.4 cm (4 1/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 10.5 x 15.5 cm (4 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number2001.139
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 043, i; Hind 185, i / iv
State i/iv
Signed In plate: Rembrandt f. 1641.
InscriptionsVerso upper right in graphite pencil: 22
Verso lower center in graphite pencil: DTMMIISS
ProvenanceDavid Tunick (dealer), New York. Joseph R. Ritman, Amsterdam; by 1996, sold from the Ritman collection to Sotheby's and Artemis Fine Arts, Inc, London and New York [see note]. 2001, sold by C. G. Boerner, Inc., New York and Düsseldorf, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 21, 2001)

NOTE: Bialler et al., A Collection of Etchings by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669) formed by Joseph R. Ritman (London: Sotheby's & Artemis, n.d., c.1996), no. 21.