The Return of the Prodigal Son
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 15.6 x 13.7 cm (6 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.) sheet: 15.9 x 14 cm (6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth B. Benedict in memory of William S. Benedict and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.63.2
About the Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn · 1606–1669
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) stands as one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art and the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century. Born in Leiden to a prosperous miller's family, Rembrandt transformed painting through his revolutionary use of light and shadow, his psychological depth in portraiture, and his elevation of etching to a fine art. His approx...