Cleveland Museum of Art
The Prodigal Son
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record
- Medium
- engraving
- Credit Line
- Bequest of James Parmelee
- Type of artwork
- Print
- Department
- Prints
Also in Cleveland Museum of Art’s record. The museum’s own label for these fields has not been confirmed yet, so each is named by its field in the museum’s data.
- creation_date
- c. 1497
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From LinkedCulture
Albrecht Dürer chose the worst moment in the Prodigal Son's story, not the homecoming, but the instant he collapses in a pigsty and realizes everything he has lost. Made around 1497, this German engraving shows the young man kneeling among pigs of all sizes, face turned upward in despair, while a detailed farmyard of thatched roofs and weathered planks stretches behind him. Dürer's line work captures rough animal hides and worn timber with a precision that proved printmaking could match painting in pure expressive power.
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What the image shows
A man kneels among several pigs in a village courtyard.
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- Object ID
- 120110
- Object Type
- Print
- Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
- Creator
- Albrecht Dürer
- Cleveland Museum of Art field
creators(museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
- Cleveland Museum of Art field
- Culture
- Germany, late 15th Century
- Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
- Medium
- engraving
- Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
- Department
- Prints
- Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
- Tags
- male
- Cleveland Museum of Art field
tags(museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields - Cleveland Museum of Art field
artists_tags(museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
- Credit Line
- Bequest of James Parmelee
- Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
- Date
- c. 1497
- Cleveland Museum of Art field
creation_date(museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
- Cleveland Museum of Art field
- Begin Year
- 1492
- Cleveland Museum of Art field
creation_date_earliest(museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
- Cleveland Museum of Art field
- End Year
- 1502
- Cleveland Museum of Art field
creation_date_latest(museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
- Cleveland Museum of Art field
The museum’s own record has not been captured for this object yet, so the museum fields shown above are limited to values LinkedCulture stored unchanged.
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