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The Return of the Prodigal Son

The Return of the Prodigal Son
(L'Enfant Prodigue revients à la Maison Paternelle)
published 1635
from L'Enfant Prodigue (The Story of the Prodigal Son), published by Israel Henriet, 1635

Medium
etching

Measurements
6.2 × 8.2 cm (plate) 6.5 × 8.5 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1950

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Lieure 1411 ii/iii

Edition
2nd of 3 states

Inscription
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: Afligé de le voir de misere transy. / Ce bon Vieillard l'embrasse et le prend à mercy. / Cum privilege Reg. Israel excudit

Accession Number
2223.8-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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