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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
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
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Animals Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
herdsmen parables pig (genus) poverty religious characters Story of the Prodigal Son (parable, Christian iconography)
Movements
Renaissance