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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.349
People
Jörg Breu the Younger, German (c. 1510 - 1547)
Previously attributed to Georg Pencz, German (Breslau 1500 - 1550 Leipzig)
Title
The Prodigal Son
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296592

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gray wash on white paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[P. & D. Colnaghi, London] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1929), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.349
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 392, fig. 202
  • Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North...", Central European History (March 1985), vol. 18, checklist, p. 82

Exhibition History

  • Prints and Drawings from the Time of Holbein and Breugel, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1985 - 01/12/1986

Verification Level

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