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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.51.5
People
James Tissot, French (Nantes, France 1836 - 1902 Buillon Abbey, near Besançon)
Title
The Fatted Calf
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son (4 of 4)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1881
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/318870

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2700, European and American Art, 19th century, Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century
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Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 31.2 x 37.3 cm (12 5/16 x 14 11/16 in.)
sheet: 49.5 x 62.4 cm (19 1/2 x 24 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l. J.J. Tissot 1881
  • watermark: center (Van Gelder paper): [VA]N GELDER

    shield with a fleur-de-lis and VGZ monogram
  • caption: l.c., etched text: l.r.:
    V. 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo. these many
    years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time
    thy commandment and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that
    might make merry with my friends:
    V.30 But as soon as this thy son was come which hat devoured

    l.c.:

    No. IV
    THE FATTED CALF

    l.r.:

    thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
    V.31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and
    all that I have is thine.
    V. 32 It was meet that we should make merry and be glad: for this
    thy brother was dead, and is alive again, and was lost, and is found.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii
Standard Reference Number
Tissot 63

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of William S. Lieberman
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.51.5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/28/2024 - 03/03/2025

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