Killing the Fatted Calf, 1635

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series Title

The Prodigal Son [Lieure 1404-1414]

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 6.2 × 8.1 cm (2 7/16 × 3 3/16 in.)

sheet: 6.7 × 8.7 cm (2 5/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
mount: 10.2 × 13 cm (4 × 5 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

R.L. Baumfeld Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Lieure, no. 1412, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1969.15.838

Artists / Makers

Jacques Callot (artist) French, 1592 - 1635

Israel Henriet (publisher) French, c. 1590 - 1661

Image Use

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Inscription

in margin below image, in plate: La Père à ce retour fait tuer le Uieau gras, / N'espargnant pour son fils ny ses soings ny ses bras. / Cum privilege Reg. Israel excu.

Exhibition History

2022: Murillo: Picturing the Prodigal Son, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2022.

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.