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L'Enfant prodigue garde des pourceaux
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The Prodigal Son as a Swineherd
L'Enfant prodigue garde des pourceaux
Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)
1635
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 6.2 x 8.3 cm (2 7/16 x 3 1/4 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19405.6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Meaume 58; Lieure 1409, ii/iii
Marks
Verso, upper right-center, stamped in gray ink, the mark of The Rev. J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); verso, left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsRecto, bottom left and bottom right, in pen and brown ink, the numbers "6"
ProvenanceThe Rev. J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897