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The Prophet Elisha and the Widow with Her Sons
The Prophet Elisha and the Widow with Her Sons

The Prophet Elisha and the Widow with Her Sons

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
about 1657
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink on paper
DimensionsFramed: 35.6 × 43.2 cm (14 × 17 in.)
Sheet: 17.2 × 25.4 cm (6 3/4 × 10 in.)
Credit LineErnest W. Longfellow Fund, Gift of Jessie H. Wilkinson—Jessie H. Wilkinson Fund, Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund
Accession number1980.271
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceAugust Artaria (b. 1807 - d. 1893), Vienna (Lugt 33); Josef Carl von Klinkosch (b. 1822 - d. 1888), Vienna (Lugt 577); probably April 15, 1889 and following days, his sale, Vienna, Wawra; Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1858 - d. 1929), Vienna; Felix Somary (b. 1881 - d. 1956), Vienna and Zurich; Charles C. Cunningham, Jr., Boston; Robert M. Light Santa Barbara; 1980, sold by Robert M. Light to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 18, 1980)
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St Cecilia
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The Agony in the Garden
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Vertumnus and Pomona
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Rembrandt's Father
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Kneeling Figure of an Old Man (Elijah?)
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undated
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1635
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about 1652
Self-Portrait Drawing at a Window
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