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The Return of the Prodigal Son
(Le retour de l’Enfant prodigue)
(1909)
Medium
etching
Measurements
28.8 × 43.0 cm (image) 29.4 × 43.9 cm (plate) 41.5 × 56.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Faxon 58 i/iii; Guérin 47 i/iii
Edition
1st of 3 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: Forain
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 1ér (ér in superscript) état
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Forain
stamped in ink l.r.: BY (monogram) (Lugt 421: Alfred Beurdeley)
Accession Number
1175-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Relationships and Interactions Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
embracing fathers forgiveness kneeling parables redemption sons (people) Story of the Prodigal Son (parable, Christian iconography)