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Property from the Collection of Dr. Herbert Kayden and Dr. Gabrielle ReemIn medicine, art, philanthropy, and science, Dr. Herbert J. Kayden and his wife, Dr. Gabrielle Reem Kayden, embraced innovative thinking. Remembered by countless patients, students, and artists, they supported scientific research and artistic endeavors with equal curiosity and passion. Their collection of fine art, assembled with scholarship and connoisseurship over many decades, serves as a tangible expression of their commitment to learning and to their personal engagement with the art and ideas of their time.In its richness and quality, their collection embodies two lives spent in the pursuit of knowledge and beauty. In their own words, “There is no question that if you’re taken up with art, the art world, and artists, that it can be enormously gratifying and satisfying; it’s an opportunity to step into a different world and if you are lucky enough to have the door open, you ought to seize it, and take it and enjoy it and revel in it.”

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Details

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
The Return of the Prodigal Son
etching, 1636, on laid paper, watermark Double-headed Eagle (Hinterding C.a.a), a fine impression, the landscape printing clearly, New Hollstein's first state (of three), with small margins, a pale stain at centre left, a small made-up paper loss at the upper left corner tip, otherwise in very good condition, framed
P. 156 x 136 mm., S. 164 x 142 mm.

Provenance

Alfred Hubert (died 1908), Paris (L. 130).
An unidentified collector's mark in brown ink (not in Lugt).

Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 91; Hind 147; New Hollstein 159

Special notice

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