The Return of the Prodigal Son

Peter Brandl (Bohemian, 1668–1735)

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions123.8 x 163.9 cm (48 3/4 x 64 1/2 in.)

Credit LineErnest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund

Accession number1973.89

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceDombrovsky Collection, near Venice [see note 1]. By 1972, acquired in Italy by Dr. Kurt Rossacher (b. 1918 - d. 1988), Salzburg; 1973, sold by Rossacher to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 14, 1973)

NOTES:
[1] According to a letter from Dr. Rossacher (May 7, 1973; in MFA curatorial file) the painting was acquired in Italy; Dr. Rossacher was told by the (unnamed) seller of the painting that it had been in the Dombrovsky collection near Venice.