The Inheritance
1635
Jacques Callot
Artist, French, 1592 - 1635
Publisher, French, c. 1590 - 1661
        Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 6.2 × 8.2 cm (2 7/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
sheet: 6.7 × 8.8 cm (2 5/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
mount: 8.1 × 13.1 cm (3 3/16 × 5 3/16 in.) - 
            
Accession Number
1969.15.831
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lieure, no. 1405, State ii/iii
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Series Title
The Prodigal Son [Lieure 1404-1414]
 
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
2022
Murillo: Picturing the Prodigal Son, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2022, cat. 13, repro.
Murillo: Picturing the Prodigal Son, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2022, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1924
Lieure, J. Jacques Callot. 5 vols. Paris: Editions de la Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1924-1927. Reprint. 8 vols. New York: Collectors' Editions, 1969.
2022
Dotseth, Amanda W., and Roglán, Mark A., editors. Murillo, Picturing the Prodigal Son. Exh. cat. Meadows Museum, Dallas, 2022: 127, cat. 13.
Inscriptions
in margin below image, in plate: Un Père que les ans accablent de douleurs / Comblant son fils de biens, le comble de malheurs. / Cum privilege Reg. Israel excudit.
Wikidata ID
Q65509736