Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Prodigal Son
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-840f7214ff34
- Date
- 1496
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 47044
From LinkedCulture
In 1496, Albrecht Dürer made a striking choice. Instead of showing the Prodigal Son welcomed home, he froze the young nobleman at his lowest point, kneeling in mud among a surging crowd of pigs at a wooden trough, still wearing his fine clothes. Dürer's engraving captures bristled hog hides and rough timber farmyard walls with equal precision, proving that printmaking could rival painting in descriptive power. He was barely in his mid-twenties when he made it.
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Germany, Europe Dimensions: 9 11/16 x 7 7/16 in. (24.61 x 18.89 cm) (image)
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Herschel V. Jones
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