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Albrecht Dürer, printmaker

The Prodigal Son, ca. 1496

Description

Maker

  • Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528, German, printmaker

Title

The Prodigal Son

Year

ca. 1496

Medium

engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Supports

  • Light weight cream laidpaper

Dimensions

24.8 x 19.1 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/2 inches) (plate) image

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LC within image with the artist's monogram: "AD"

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Alfred T. Morris, Jr.

Object Number

1991.161

Projects & Publications

Publications

Dürer-Katalog

Ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte

La Peintre Graveur, 1803-1821

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is The Prodigal Son with the accession number of 1991.161. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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