Prodigal Son Keeping his Swine | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R1817
People: Sebald Beham, German (Nuremberg 1500 - 1550 Frankfurt am Main)
Title: Prodigal Son Keeping his Swine
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Parable of the Prodigal Son (series of 8)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1538
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/246741

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

7 × 11.8 cm (2 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in plate, bottom: PECCAVI IN COELVM ET CORAM TE. LVCAE. XV.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i/i
Standard Reference Number: Bartsch 35, Pauli 37

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R1817
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Emily J. Peters, ed., The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650, exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design Museum (Providence, RI, 2009), cat. no. 26c [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Verification Level

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R1817: Prodigal Son Keeping his Swine