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Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)

Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669. 1641. Etching on paper. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Art Institute of Chicago.

Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669 · 1641The Art Institute of Chicago · CC0
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Print in black ink of three bearded men dressed in voluminous cloth hats. A fourth man in a tall cloth hat leans out of a doorway or window in apparent conversation with the others.

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Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)

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Maker
Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669
Date
1641
Medium
Etching on paper
Collection
The Art Institute of Chicago
Accession
1887.462
Credit
Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection
Rights
Public domain · CC0

Public domain · CC0. Unchanged copy of the institution’s verified web image; smaller responsive JPEGs are resized derivatives. Full-resolution image remains linked to the institution. Editorial views may show a detail.

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Print

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PaperMaterial

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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Etching on paper; paper (fiber product); ink” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

Etching on paper; paper (fiber product); ink

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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

InkMaterial

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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Etching on paper; paper (fiber product); ink” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

Etching on paper; paper (fiber product); ink

Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

EtchingTechnique

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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Etching on paper” in its medium/techniques field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

Etching on paper

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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

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