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

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ClassificationsDrawings

Collections

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)