The Return of the Prodigal Son

c. 1640

Guercino

Artist, Bolognese, 1591 - 1666

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., London, 9 December 1982, no. 45); (purchased by Richard Day Ltd., London); Mrs. Christian H. Aall, New York, 29 March 1983; (Davis and Langdale Company, Inc., New York, 1998); purchased 1998 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Private Treasures: Four Centuries of European Master Drawings, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

Bibliography

1991

  • Stone, David. "Supplement, Guercino Drawings in North American Collections, A Selective Checklist," in exh. cat. Guercino, Master Draftsman, Works from North American Collections, Harvard University and elsewhere, 1991: 225, no. 220 (plate L).

  • Turner, Nicholas, and Carol Plazzotta. Drawings by Guercino from British Collections. Exh. cat. British Museum, London, 1991: 154, under no. 127, fig. 20.

Inscriptions

lower right verso in graphite: 49

Watermarks

coat-of-arms (not identified)

Wikidata ID

Q64572430


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