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The Prodigal Son Amid the Swine
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
probably 1496
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.6 × 18.8 cm (9 11/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 26.2 × 20.4 cm (10 5/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 26.2 × 20.4 cm (10 5/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP291
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 028; Meder 28 Ib/I
State
1b/1
Signed
Signed in plate, lower center: [Dürer's monogram]
Marks
Watermark [?]; verso, collector's stamp in red
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; October, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)