Return of the Prodigal Son (c. 1720)

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man embracing a kneeling younger man with a staff in a rocky landscape.

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Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1720, National Gallery of Art. Via artnap.com

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About this work

A brown ink and wash drawing shows an elderly bearded man in a flowing cloak embracing a kneeling, barefoot younger man who leans against a walking staff. A bare tree and rocky ground fill the landscape, with a cloudy sky above. The work is catalogued as Return of the Prodigal Son, attributed to an anonymous Bohemian artist, dated c. 1720, and held by the National Gallery of Art.

Museum record: National Gallery of Art

Date

c. 1720

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper

Museum

National Gallery of Art

License

CC0

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Drawings & Sketches