L'enfant Prodigue (1st plate)

L'enfant Prodigue (1st plate)

Item Information

Title:
L'enfant Prodigue (1st plate)
Title (alt.):
The prodigal son
Description:
The prodigal son kneeling and weeping before a trough where two pigs are eating. With the hindquarters of the pig nearest the edge of the plate defined. Added work in the foreground and background to right. Also on end of trough. The area around the littering has been cleaned up.
Artist:
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
Name on Item:
A. Legros
Date:
[ca. 1854–1911]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Swine
Troughs
Crying
Biblical events
Prodigal son (Parable)
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 23 x 21 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 66, I.
Notes (acquisition):
Frank E. Bliss Collection of the works of Alphonse Legros, Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, 1943
Notes (date):
Date from bulk dates of collection.
Notes (citation):
Catalogue raisonné cited in this record: Bliss, Frank E., "A catalogue of the etchings, drypoints and lithographs, by Professor Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) in the collection of Frank E. Bliss." (London: Printed for private circulation, 1923).
Catalogue raisonné numbers derived by Bliss from: Poulet-Malassis, Thibaudeau, "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié de M. Alphonse Legros." (Paris: J. Bauer, 1877)
Notes (object):
Second state of seven. Very rare.
Identifier:
07_09_000188
Barcode:
36666003369499