Lucas van Leyden
Return of the Prodigal Son
c. 1510
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 182 x 245 mm. (7 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1943.32.305
Collections, Gen. Lawrason Riggs, Holford and Hol.
Susan Dackerman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'The Pious & the Profane in Renaissance Prints,' September 23, 1998-January 3, 1999.
Elizabeth Rodini, BMA, "The City Real and Ideal," 11 October 2006 - 11 March 2007, cat. 31.
The Museum of Biblical Art, NY, "Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustrations in Netherlandish Prints of the Sixteenth Century," 4 June - 27 September 2009, traveled to Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, 17 October 2009 - 24 January 2010, cat. 30, p. 163.
Elizabeth Rodini, BMA, "The City Real and Ideal," 11 October 2006 - 11 March 2007, cat. 31.
The Museum of Biblical Art, NY, "Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustrations in Netherlandish Prints of the Sixteenth Century," 4 June - 27 September 2009, traveled to Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, 17 October 2009 - 24 January 2010, cat. 30, p. 163.
Inscribed: Signed l/r on tablet, L
Markings: CM: L.R. Gen. Lawrason Riggs on verso. CM: Holford and Hol.
