The Prodigal Son

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

about 1496

Medium/Technique Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, with extensive fill on the right

Dimensions Sheet: 19.6 x 14.5 cm (7 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

Credit Line 1931 Purchase Fund and Anna Mitchell Richards Fund

Accession Number36.419

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionThis is one of a group of studies Dürer made in preparation for his ambitious early engraving.

Provenance1936, sold by Otto Gutekunst, London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 8, 1936)