The Return of the Prodigal Son

Provenance

Private collection (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., London, 9 December 1982, no. 45); (purchased by Richard Day Ltd., London); Mrs. Christian H. Aall, New York, 29 March 1983; (Davis and Langdale Company, Inc., New York, 1998); purchased 1998 by NGA.

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Guercino

c. 1640

Accession Number

1998.103.1

Medium

pen and brown iron gall ink on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 20.5 x 18 cm (8 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Diane Allen Nixon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund