Prodigal Son (Filius Prodigus)

Domenico Cunego after Guercino1770

Details

Title: Prodigal Son (Filius Prodigus)
Creator: Domenico Cunego after Guercino
Date Created: 1770
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “Dom. Cunego Sculpsit Roma 1770”
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper
Keywords: Bible, New Testament, parables, Prodigal Son, religions, religious art
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published by Gavin Hamilton in “La Scuola Italica Picturae” (Rome, 1773); removed from “Piranesi” volume, small volume 22
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 265 mm x 321 mm (10.43 in. x 12.64 in.).
Associated People: Created by Domenico Cunego (Italian, 1727-1803), After Guercino (Italian, 1591-1666)
Accession Number: 1988.4.2

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