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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.613.262
People
Hans Collaert the Elder, Netherlandish (1525/30 - 1580)
After Chrispijn van den Broeck, Netherlandish (Mechelen 1524 - 1590/91 Antwerp)
Published by Gerard de Jode, Flemish (1509 - 1591)
Title
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son
Series/Book Title: Thesaurus Sacrarum, 1585 edition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1571
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342570

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink with added transparent and opaque watercolor and metallic gold on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
plate: 18.7 x 26.6 cm (7 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right margin, graphite: 274
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Fit supplex veniamque petit veniamq reportat A patre vera salus non aliunde venit. Luc .15.
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, brown ink: Cet enfant retourne a son pere, luy demande pardon, lequel il obtient facilement, et mesmes le pere fait tuer le veau gras pō. dauantage gratisfier / son filz; dequoy le frere aisné fut marry se plaignant de ce que on n'en auoit jamais tant fait pour luy. Auquel le pere respond, Mon enfant / tu es toujours aueq moy et tous mes biens sont tiens et ton frere estoit perdu et il est retourné.
  • watermark: [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Paul Prouté, Paris, France, sold]; to Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (de Jode) 301; New Hollstein (Collaert) 99.II

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton in memory of Robert Bradford Wheaton
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.613.262
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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