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The blindness of Tobit
Rembrandt Harmensz. Van Rijn (1606-1669)
Ref. 477
Etching with touches of drypoint, 1651, apparently first state (?) (of two), a superb impression, inscribed in ink ‘no. 41’ at lower right Plate: 16.1 x 12.9 cm Provenance: Harrods Fine Art, 24 July 1973 Literature: Bartsch 42; cf. Hinterding 2008, no. 29; New Hollstein 265 The subject is from the book of Tobit 11: 5-17 in the Apocrypha. Blind Tobit has heard that his son Tobias is returning from a journey. He gets up and stumbles to the door to open it and welcome him home. His son restores his sight with the gall of a fish – Then Tobit saw his son and threw his arms around him, and he wept and said to him, “I see you, my son, the light of my eyes!”
The blindness of TobitRembrandt Harmensz. Van Rijn (1606-1669)Ref. 477