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The Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Son

The Prodigal Son

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
about 1496
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink on cream laid paper, with extensive fill on the right
DimensionsSheet: 19.6 x 14.5 cm (7 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line1931 Purchase Fund and Anna Mitchell Richards Fund
Accession number36.419
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
Provenance1936, sold by Otto Gutekunst, London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 8, 1936)
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1515
A Nude Man Reclining, Holding a Club
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about 1526
Bust of a Woman
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Albrecht Dürer
about 1511–1515
Neptune Standing on a Chariot (Ceiling design)
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Johan Carl Loth
mid-17th–late 17th century
The Guardian Angel
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early 17th century
Abraham and the Angels
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Landscape with City and Waterways; verso: two scenes from Roman history (left, Bound Prisoner Led Away from a Seated Ruler; right, Caius Mrius in Prison)
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
Landscape with Trees and Rocks
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1804
The Fall of the Rebel Angels (Two Angels Contending with Demons)
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about 1507