The Good Samaritan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Title

The Good Samaritan

Place

Holland (Artist's nationality:)

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1645–1655

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left, in brown ink: "charité du samaritain"; lower right, in brown ink: "168"; verso, lower left, in graphite: "P18"; lower margin, center: "Renesse? / "J8o 3"; lower right, in graphite: illegible

Dimensions

19.4 × 24.4 cm (7 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.5188

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