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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1946,0713.512
Description
The Return of the Prodigal Son; the entrance to a building with the boy kneeling before his father, a man on horseback behind, figures seated at a table beyond at r, trumpeters at left foreground and a man killing a calf (?) at r Pen and brown ink, with grey-brown wash, over black chalk
Producer name
Drawn by:
Anonymous
School/style
Bolognese
Production date
16thC
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
234 millimetres
Width:
333 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Lit.: A.E. Popham, 'Catalogue of Drawings in the Collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., F.R.S., now in the possession of his Grandson, T. Fitzroy Phillipps Fenwick of Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham', I, London, 1935, p. 97 , no. 1 (as Tommaso Romani, called il Fornarino)
Bibliographic references
Phillipps-Fenwick 1935 / Catalogue of drawings in the collection of T Fitzroy Phillipps-Fenwick
(p.97(1))
Location
Not on display
Subjects
parable of prodigal son
Associated names
Representation of:
Prodigal Son
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Count Antoine Seilern
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Young Ottley
(Philipe, 16.vi.1814/1129 as Tommaso Romani detto il Fornarino 'The return of the prodigal - masterly pen and wash - rare' bt ? £1-18-0)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Lawrence
(L.2445)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Samuel Woodburn
(Christie's, 8.vi.1860/part of lot 882 as Fornarino 'The return of the prodigal, by FORNARINO,; and various specimens, by Italian masters', 10 in the lot, bt Phillipps £2-6-0)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Phillipps
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date
1946
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1946,0713.512
Conservation
Treatment
: 20 Nov 2003
Treatment
: 28 Aug 2003