About the Artwork
The Prodigal Son with the Swine
between 1525 and 1550
Hans Sebald Beham
1500-1550
German
Unknown
Engraving printed in black ink on cream laid paper
Image and sheet: 2 3/8 × 3 7/8 inches (6 × 9.8 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Museum Purchase, Lee and Tina Hills Graphic Arts Fund
2003.73
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate, [artist's monogram]
Inscribed, in plate, upper right: CVPIEBAT IMPLERE VENTREM SVVM DE SILIQVIS | LVCE XV (as reproduced in Hollstein)
Marks, in purple ink, verso: Alfred Misch (Lugt Supplement p. 256)
Provenance
2003-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hans Sebald Beham, The Prodigal Son with the Swine, between 1525 and 1550, engraving printed in black ink on cream laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Lee and Tina Hills Graphic Arts Fund, 2003.73.
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