The Prodigal Son
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1496
name: label: Print Maker
content: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The prodigal son as a swineherd. He is seen in profile, facing right, and represented praying on his knees, his hands clasped together. Before him a group of pigs are eating from a trough. Houses in background.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Leo Wallerstein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1951-37-1
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 24.5 x 19 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.)