The prodigal son amid the swine

Albrecht Dürer
Germany
1471 – 1528

The prodigal son amid the swine
c 1496
engraving on paper
Place made
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Medium
engraving on paper
Dimensions
24.7 x 18.9 cm (sheet)
24.4 x 18.9 cm (plate)
Credit line
Morgan Thomas Bequest Fund 1962
Accession number
627G45
Signature and date
Signed in plate bot.c. "AD" in monogram. Not dated.
Catalogue raisonne
B.28; M.28d; Holl/G 28; S.E.11; TIB, v.10, p.73, .028(d)
Media category
Print
Collection area
European prints

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