PrintsFrench18th century

Prodigal Son

1767

Artists

Simon François Ravenet, the ElderArtist

Richard EarlomArtist after

Salvator RosaArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 46 × 36 cm (18 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.) Plate: 51.5 × 38 cm (20 1/4 × 14 15/16 in.) Sheet: 56.5 × 42.4 cm (22 1/4 × 16 11/16 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

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