The Blindness of Tobit, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629

Title(s)

The Blindness of Tobit
The blindness of Tobit: a sketch

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-377

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 31-2(7)
• Bartsch 153-2(5)
• Hollstein Dutch 152-2(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

c. 1629

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / intaglio printmaking technique

Measurements

height 79 mm × width 55 mm

What

• Tobit's blindness (Tobit 2 - 3:6)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 39, cat.nr. 31