PrintsGerman16th century
Prodigal Son Wasting his Fortune
1540
Artists
Sebald BehamArtist
Dimensions
5 × 9.2 cm (1 15/16 × 3 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.
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