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Story of the Prodigal Son: Two scenes

(American, active in 1790–1815)
Medium/TechniquePen and watercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 40.0 x 32.2 cm (15 3/4 x 12 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number56.748
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsBelow upper scene in pen and ink: Der verlohrne solm...; below lower scene: Da es kein Geld...
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 1956)