Albrecht DÜRER
The Prodigal Son amid the Swine
(1496) {(Strauss)}

Medium
engraving

Measurements
22.5 × 19.1 cm (image and sheet) sheet cut down at top edge through the upper part of the gable of the house on the right

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
B.28; M.28; D.10; Holl.28; S.E.11; Pan.135

Inscription
With monogram

Accession Number
1278.480-3

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)
Animals Human Figures Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
herdsmen kneeling livestock parables pig (genus) Story of the Prodigal Son (parable, Christian iconography) townscapes (representations)

Movements
Renaissance

Watermark Form
Double Headed Eagle with Crown

Meder 238, Briquet 306, Briquet 308 (found in documents dated 1558 in Weisbaden, Germany and 1570 in Hunteburg, Germany)

Completeness
partial

Chain Line Interval
25-27 mm

Laid Line Frequency
10-11 per cm

Placement and spacing of wires
62 x 22 [2 I 25 I ?] x ?

Wire Side
verso

Radiograph taken from
recto