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The Return of the Prodigal Son

Sebald Beham  (German, Nuremberg 1500–1550 Frankfurt)

Date:
1540
Medium:
Pen and black ink, grey wash
Dimensions:
2 5/16 x 3 7/8 in. (5.9 x 9.8 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession Number:
19.151.3
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Upper left corner, in pen and black ink: 1540/ HSB

    Inscription: Recto, bottom of sheet, in graphite: HINGED ON BOTTOM EDGE Recto, bottom right, in graphite: 19.151.1

  • Provenance

    Thomas Banks (British, Lambeth baptised 1738–1805 London); Ambrose Poynter (British, London 1796–1886); Sir Edward John Poynter (British (born France), Paris 1836–1919 London); Sotheby's, London, April 24–25 1918, lot 238 (£43 to Douglas); Vendor: Robert Langton Douglas (British, London 1864–1951)

  • References

    Walter Mehring European Drawings from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (A Portfolio of Collotype Reproductions) [Vol. 1: Italian Drawings; Vol. 2: Flemish, Dutch, German, Spanish, French, and British drawings; Vol. 3: Titled "New Series": Italian, Flemish, Dutch, German, Spanish, French, and British drawings]. 3 Vols., New York, 1942-1944, cat. no. 18 (Vol.2), fig. no. 18, ill.

    Christie's, London Hans Sebald Beham: The Collection of Prints Formed by Gordon Nowell-Usticke [Sale cat.: June 28, 1978]. 1978, cat. no. under no.26, p. 25.

    Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Blanton Museum of Art Sept.2-Oct.16, 1983, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas Nov.7-Dec.31, 1983, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California Feb.15-March 18, 1984 Nuremberg, a Renaissance City, 1500-1618. Austin, 1983–1984, cat. no. 87, fig. no. 87, p. 191, ill.

    Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire. 1540-1680 in North American Collections" Central European History. 18, Atlanta, 1985, p. 79.

    Print Collector's Newsletter "Print Collector's Newsletter, 1989". No. 6, XIX, 1989, cat. no. 87, p. 214.

    Larry Silver "Less is More: The "Kleinmeister" in Kansas" Print Collector's Newsletter. 6, XIX, 1989, p. 214.

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 33 (entry written by Stijn Alsteens); p. ix, xiii (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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