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The Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1510. Engraving in black on cream laid paper.
Engraving in black on cream laid paper · Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 17.9 × 24.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Return of the Prodigal Son
- Artist
- Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish, c. 1494-1533
- Date
- c. 1510
- Medium
- Engraving in black on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 17.9 × 24.4 cm (7 1/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.