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The Prodigal Son Being Dressed in Fine Clothes

Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
about 1640-1665

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 25.7 x 32.3 cm (10 1/8 x 12 11/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4265
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Blum 1188, only state; Duplessis 38, only state; IFF 38; Le Blanc 80
Marks Verso of backing sheet, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897