The Prodigal Son – Historic Print
![The Prodigal Son, [ca. 1496] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9b/9b5036b412e2-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with The Prodigal Son, an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Prodigal Son
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Albrecht Dürer's engraving of the Prodigal Son, dated around 1496, draws on the parable in the Gospel of Luke, in which a younger son squanders his inheritance and ends up tending pigs. Dürer made the plate when he was about twenty-five and was already building his reputation through prints, which could be sold and circulated far beyond the reach of his paintings. The careful rendering of figures, animals and landscape shows the fine, controlled line that made his engravings admired across Europe. Impressions of the plate spread widely, which helps explain why the image remains so familiar today.
| Created / published | [ca. 1496] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Engraving by Albrecht Durer, 1471-1528. Meder 28, Hollstein 28, Bartsch 28, Panofsky 135. Coll. mark on verso: Bradley (Lugt suppl. 288b). Bradley Collection. Ref. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Bible; Art. work. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,207 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156241 |
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