Frontispiece

1882

James Jacques Joseph Tissot

Associated Names
James Jacques Joseph Tissot

Artist, French, 1836 - 1902

An open book with visible text titled "The Parable of the Prodigal Son." The image features two pages with elaborate text and detailed borders. The color palette is primarily sepia tones with beige giving the impression of aged paper. The book is positioned centrally, lying open with two pages visible, strings trailing from its corners, and script detailing in the bottom right corner where it indicates the creator "J.J. Tissot" and the date "1881."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Benedict

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.5 x 45 cm (14 x 17 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 49.5 x 68.5 cm (19 1/2 x 26 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.45.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wentworth 1978, no. 57, State only

  • Series Title

    The Prodigal Son

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi 48.

1886

  • Tissot 1886, 63.

1978

  • Wentworth, Michael Justin. James Tissot: Catalogue Raisonne of His Prints. Minneapolis: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1978.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Invented, / Painted & / Etched / by / J.J.TISSOT, / 1881.(corresponds to execution date of ptg.) / 17, Grove End Rd. St. John's Wood, / LONDON

Watermarks

Original Turkey Mill Kent (Whatman?) (partial)

Wikidata ID

Q74067430

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