The Angel Departing form the Family of Tobias

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Angel Departing form the Family of Tobias
1641
Etching and drypoint on paper.
103 x 156 mm
RvR 64
NHD 189, II
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Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774), Paris; Cambridge University Library; Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884), London and Dalkeith; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
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Signed and dated lower left, "Rembrandt f 1641".

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Tobit 12
The back of Tobit's head is bald. The space enclosed by his beard and hand is white. The area above Tobias's head is shaded with open cross-hatching. (White and Boon)

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