The Prodigal Son
Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 30.4 x 42 cm (11 15/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1943.3.3239
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Catalogue Raisonné
Maison 1968, no. 758
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Aubry. (Maurice Gobin [1883-1962]). Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1943 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1955
Honoré Daumier, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, 1955, no cat.
1958
Honoré Daumier Anniversary Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1958.
1999
Daumier: 1808-1879, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000, no. 194, repro. (shown only in Ottawa).
Bibliography
1968
Maison, K.E. Honore Daumier: Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings. 2 vols. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1968: no. 758.
Inscriptions
in later hand, center: Beugnier; lower right: KK 1047; center verso: Beugnier
Wikidata ID
Q64574403