The Return of the Prodigal Son
c. 1640
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino
Artist, Bolognese, 1591 - 1666
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown iron gall ink on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 20.5 x 18 cm (8 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1998.103.1
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