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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1 print : etching with tone, printed in sanguine ; platemark 22.2 x 21.5 cm

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Il figlio prodigo. Disegno del Guercino pasato dalle mani di Mr Crosat in quelta del sigi Mariette. VV F.

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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

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Wellcome Collection 27355i

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