PrintsGerman16th century

Prodigal Son Keeping his Swine

1538

Artists

Sebald BehamArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

German

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

7 × 11.8 cm (2 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

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