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The Prodigal Son Wasting His Inheritance

(French, 1604–1676)
1640s
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 33.6 × 42.5 cm (13 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 26.1 × 32.5 cm (10 1/4 × 12 13/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession number44.903
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceJohn Evelyn (b. 1620-d. 1706), London. Elizabeth Day McCormick (b. 1873-d. 1957), Chicago; 1944, her gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 8, 1996)