Art Institute of Chicago
The Rich Son Refusing to Help his Poor Parents
Mätthaus Merian (Swiss, 1621–1687)
- Date
- c. 1616
- Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Switzerland
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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