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The Prodigal Son Taking Leave of His Father

Sebald Beham

The Prodigal Son Taking Leave of His Father

1539

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The Prodigal Son Taking Leave of His Father

Sebald Beham

The Prodigal Son Taking Leave of His Father

Sebald Beham

The Prodigal Son Taking Leave of His Father

1539

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 58 x 98 mm. (2 5/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2964
One of four in the series; two out of four in the series are in the Garrett Collection (1946.112.2964 - 1946.112.2965).

Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper right, in plate "1"; in image, upper center, in plate "PATER DO MIHI PORCIONEM SVBSTANCIAE QUAE AD ME REDIT"; in image, lower left, in plate monogram "HSB". Verso: center in graphite "B.31."; center left in graphite "496 [within circle] / 111:D / [indecipherable] :28447"; lower left in graphite "2791"; lower right in graphite diamond with "613" and indecipherable inscription.

Markings: CM: unidentified collection stamp (not in Lugt); Claghorn; Garrett

Artist

Sebald Beham

1499–1549

German, 1500-1550
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CIMON AND PERO
Sebald Beham and Barthel Beham
Cimon and Pero
1543
ROB ROY LEAVE-TAKING AT LOCHLOMOND
Hezekiah Wright Smith and Robert Roland McIan
Rob Roy Leave-Taking at Lochlomond
1856
SAINT JEROME AND THE ANGEL
Sebald Beham
Saint Jerome and the Angel
1520
WASHINGTON TAKING LEAVE OF HIS OFFICERS
George R. Hall and Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Washington Taking Leave of His Officers
1837–1887
SAINT JEROME AT THE ARCH
Sebald Beham
Saint Jerome at the Arch
1519
DOBSON'S FATHER
Valentine Green and William Dobson
Dobson's Father
1775
YOUNG COUPLE EMBRACING
Sebald Beham
Young Couple Embracing
1521
THE BROTHEL (PRODIGAL SON)
Jeremias Falck and Johann Liss
The Brothel (Prodigal Son)
1654–1676
NUDE WINGED FEMALE SITTING ON THE FIGURE OF DEATH
Sebald Beham
Nude Winged Female Sitting on the Figure of Death
1545
THE ELDER SON REMONSTRATING WITH HIS FATHER
Philips Galle, Maarten van Heemskerck, and others
The Elder Son Remonstrating with his Father
1561
THE HOLY FAMILY UNDER A TREE
Sebald Beham
The Holy Family under a Tree
1515–1525
TAKING OVER OF THE NETHERLANDS BY KAISAR CHARLES V AND HIS SON PHILIP
Simon Fokke
Taking Over of the Netherlands by Kaisar Charles V and His Son Philip
1731–1783