File:Rembrandt van Rijn - Tobit and wife waiting for return of son.jpg

Summary
Artist: Rembrandt (1606–1669) Title: Tobit and his wife Date: 1659 Medium: oil on pamel Dimensions: Height: 40.3 cm (15.9 in). Width: 54 cm (21.3 in). Current location: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Object history: 29 October 1748: sale of the collection of Pieter van Buytene, Rotterdam, at Anthoni de Groot, Delft, lotno. 91 (as ‘De blinde Tobias met zyn Vrouw, door Rembrandt’) 25 April 1775: purchased by Jan Yver, Amsterdam, at the sale of the collection of David Fiers Kappeyne, Middelburg, at De Bosch, De Winter, Yver and Moerel, Amsterdam, lotno. 81, for NLG 200 between 26 November 1822 and 27 January 1823: sale of the collection of Robert de Saint Victor, Rouen, at Roux, Paris 23 April 1832: purchased by Chaplin at the sale of the collection of Chevalier Sébastien Erard at an unknown auction house, Paris, lotno. 6 Unknown date: acquired by Sir Frederick Cook (1844-1920), Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey Unknown date: inherited by Sir Herbert Cook (1868-1939), Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey 8 July 1940: purchased by Willem van der Vorm (1873-1957), Rotterdam, at D. Katz, Dieren 1956: ownership transferred to Stichting Willem van der Vorm (?)

1972: lent to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, by Stichting Willem van der Vorm, Rotterdam Inscriptions: Signature bottom left: Rembrandt f 1659 Source/Photographer: www.boijmans.nl This is a faithful photographic reproduction of an original two-dimensional work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This work is in the public domain in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less.