1943.391: The Prodigal Son
DrawingsA watercolor showing a man kneeling on a low dirt hill facing the viewer. His left hand is pressed to his chest with the right arm extended out towards the ground. He has long dark hair and is clad in a torn robe with a shepherd’s crook on the ground by his side. Two large dark-colored hogs lay at the foot of the hill. In the distance, a bird flies over a low valley with houses and trees.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.391
- People
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Gustave Moreau, French (Paris 1826 - 1898 Paris)
Frame by M. Grieve Co.
- Title
- The Prodigal Son
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1882
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/297807
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- actual: 35.3 x 23.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- From catalogue card: Collection: Hayem
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.391
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Pierre-Louis Mathieu, Gustave Moreau: Monographie et nouveau catalogue de l'oeuvre achevé, ACR Édition (Paris, France, 1998), no. 321, repr.
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