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The Prodigal Son Reduced to a Swineherd

The Prodigal Son Reduced to a Swineherd
(1540)
from The Story of the Prodigal Son series, (1540)

Medium
engraving

Measurements
6.0 × 10.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1950

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
The Illustrated Bartsch 33; Hollstein vol. III p. 30; Pauli 35 i

Edition
1st of 6 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.c.-u.r.: CYPIEBAT IMPLERE VEИTREM SVVM DE SILIQVLS· / LVCE·XV / 3
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: HSB (monogram)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: WR (monogram) (Lugt 2646: possibly William Richardson)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: B. 33 / P.35 I/V c. 25554
stamped (inverted) in red ink on reverse l.l.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (Lugt 1932h)

Accession Number
2276.3-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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