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The prodigal son returns and is greeted by his father. Etching by V. Vangelisti after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
- Guercino, 1591-1666.
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- 27355i
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Credit: The prodigal son returns and is greeted by his father. Etching by V. Vangelisti after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Physical description
1 print : etching with tone, printed in sanguine ; platemark 22.2 x 21.5 cm
Lettering
Il figlio prodigo. Disegno del Guercino pasato dalle mani di Mr Crosat in quelta del sigi Mariette. VV F.
References note
R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, no. 3136, p. 267 ("Rückkehr des verlornen Sohnes. Il figlio prodigo. Feder u. Bister. Cab. Crozat und Mariette. WS sc. ... Bartolozzi, Prints II.73") and p. 45
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 27355i
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- Italian
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