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A watercolor depicting a kneeling man overlooking two hogs.

A 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
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
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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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