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The Return of the Prodigal Son is Celebrated at a Feast

Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
Published by: Jean Le Blond I (French, 1590/94–1666)
French
1640s
Object Place: France

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 33.6 × 42.5 cm (13 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 25.7 × 32.2 cm (10 1/8 × 12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.907
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsAlbums

Catalogue Raisonné Blum 1189, only state; Duplessis 39, only state; IFF 39; Le Blanc 81
DescriptionBound in Bosse book, Oeuvre Gravé.
Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in yellow-brown ink, the mark of the MFA Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
ProvenanceJohn Evelyn (b. 1620-d. 1706), London. Elizabeth Day McCormick (b. 1873-d. 1957), Chicago; 1944, her gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 8, 1996)