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The Prodigal Son Reduced to a Swineherd

Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612–1650)
about 1645

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 21.4 x 31.2 cm (8 7/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 20.7 x 30.2 cm (8 1/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB3482
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 07; Bellini 23, i/ii; Cropper 97, i/ii; Illustrated Bartsch 7, i/ii
Marks Verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Babcock Bequest (Lugt 207); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA 1900