The Return of the Prodigal Son

1540

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a detailed drawing depicting a pastoral scene with various figures engaging in agricultural and domestic tasks. One figure is preparing an animal for a feast, two figures are having an emotional reunion under a tree, and another figure is standing nearby. In the background, a figure is operating a plow near a castle-like structure and natural foliage. The image includes text at the top for context.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1197

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 31, State ii/v

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1901

  • Pauli, Gustav. Hans Sebald Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche, Radierungen und Holzschnitte. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte_ 33. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1901: no. 36, ii/iv.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Sebald Beham, Anne Röver-Kann, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2024: no. 31, ii/v.

Wikidata ID

Q64961904

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