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Rembrandt: The Return of the Prodigal Son   wikidata:Q512755  reasonator:Q512755
Artist
Rembrandt  (1606–1669)    wikidata:Q5598  s:en:Author:Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn  q:en:Rembrandt
 
Rembrandt
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  Edit this at Wikidata 4 October 1669  Edit this at Wikidata
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
artist QS:P170,Q5598
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Return of the Prodigal Son
label QS:Lit,"Ritorno del figliol prodigo"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Retour du fils prodigue"
label QS:Let,"Kadunud poja tagasitulek"
label QS:Lpl,"Powrót syna marnotrawnego"
label QS:Lhe,"שובו של הבן האובד"
label QS:Lnl,"De terugkeer van de verloren zoon"
label QS:Lru,"Возвращение блудного сына"
label QS:Lde,"Die Rückkehr des verlorenen Sohnes"
label QS:Len,"The Return of the Prodigal Son"
label QS:Luk,"Повернення блудного сина"
label QS:Lmk,"Враќањето на блудниот син"
label QS:Les,"El retorno del hijo pródigo"
Object type painting  Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art  Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Return of the Prodigal Son  Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1668
date QS:P571,+1668-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 262 cm (103.1 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,262U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,205U174728
institution QS:P195,Q132783
Current location
room 254
Accession number
742
Object location
59° 56′ 30″ N, 30° 18′ 57.1″ E  Edit this at Structured Data on Commons  Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info
Place of creation Amsterdam
Object history by 1766
date QS:P,+1766-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1766-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: 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
date QS:P,+1766-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1766-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
(?): Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Exhibition history
Inscriptions

Signature bottom left:

R v Ryn f
References The State Hermitage Museum: Digital Collection, as Rembrandt, Return of the Prodigal Son, circa 1668
date QS:P,+1668-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, height: 262 cm (103.1 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,262U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,205U174728
.
RKDimages, Art-work number 40809, as Rembrandt or workshop, Return of the prodigal son, 1660s
date QS:P,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
(1660-1669), height: 262 cm (103.1 in); width: 205 cm (80.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,262U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,205U174728
Web Gallery of Art, as The Return of the Prodigal Son, circa 1669
date QS:P,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, height: 262 cm (103.1 in); width: 206 cm (81.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,262U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,206U174728
.
Source/Photographer 5QFIEhic3owZ-A — Google Arts & Culture
Other versions See Category:Return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt

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"The Return of the Prodigal Son", by Rembran(d)t Harmenszoon van Rijn, c. 1669

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