id:			111072
accession number:	1929.560.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.560.2
updated:		2025-09-09 11:31:22.147000

The Prodigal Son:  Riotous Living, 1635. Abraham Bosse (French, 1602–1676). Etching; platemark: 26 x 32.5 cm (10 1/4 x 12 13/16 in.); sheet: 26.3 x 33.5 cm (10 3/8 x 13 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1929.560.2

title:				The Prodigal Son:  Riotous Living
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creation date:			1635
creation date earliest:		1635
creation date latest:		1635
current location:		101A Prints & Drawings
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	France, 17th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Le Blanc I 471, 77 (2); Blum 1185

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CREATORS

* Abraham Bosse (French, 1602–1676)  - artist

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measurements: Platemark: 26 x 32.5 cm (10 1/4 x 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 26.3 x 33.5 cm (10 3/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		From Block Books to Baskin: Artists as Illustrators
	opening date:   1986-05-13T04:00:00
	<i>From Block Books to Baskin: Artists as Illustrators</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-August 17, 1986).

	title:		In Vino Veritas (In Wine, Truth)
	opening date:   2025-09-07T04:00:00
	<i>In Vino Veritas (In Wine, Truth)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2025-January 11, 2026).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(F. H. Bresler & Co., Milwaukee, WI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?–1929
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: July 31, 1929–
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