SculptureFrench19th century
Prodigal Son
19th century
Artists
Auguste RodinArtist
Dimensions
140 x 104.1 x 65.2 cm (55 1/8 x 41 x 25 11/16 in.)
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris, France [1], sold; to [Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, 1962], sold; to David Aronson, Sudbury, MA, 1965, sold; to Lewis Weinstein, Boston, MA, 1973, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991. [1] The Musée Rodin had 12 casts of this work made. This sculpture is no. 6.
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