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Image: The Prodigal Son amid the Swine

Photo Credit: photo: R. Lee
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The Prodigal Son amid the Swine

ca. 1496
15th century
248 x 189 mm (9.8 x 7.4 in.)

Albrecht Dürer, German, (1471–1528)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Engraving on laid paper
Print impression quality: Not strong, inking defect upper right
Marks: Signed in plate, lower center: monogram
Bibliography: Bartsch 28; Joseph Meder 28b no burr, fewer scratches, not glossy ink of early impressions; Campbell Dodgson 10; P. 135; Ellen G. D’Oench, Prodigal Son Narratives 1480–1980 (New Haven and Middletown, CT: Yale University Art Gallery and Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1995), cat. no. 2, pp. 4–7.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1938
Accession Number: 1938.D1.13

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This object has the following keywords:
animals*, Bible, New Testament, parables*, Prodigal Son, religions, religious art*, swine
  • animals - This section can use more hierarchical (quasi-Linnaean) refinement in future; extant terms were assembled into a fairly flat and slightly redundant structure to expedite conversion.
  • Bible
  • New Testament
  • parables - Use for short, fictitious stories that illustrate a moral attitude or religious principle. W [November 1992 descriptor moved. October 1990 descriptor added.]
  • Prodigal Son
  • religions
  • religious art - Use broadly for art depicting religious subjects or for art used in worship. [September 1993 descriptor added.]
  • swine

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  • plate Dimensions: 248 x 189 mm (9.8 x 7.4 in.)

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