The Parable of the Father and His Two Sons in the Vineyard, from The Story of Christ — Georg Pencz

Georg Pencz

The Parable of the Father and His Two Sons in the Vineyard, from The Story of Christ

1534–35

Dating
Date range
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 1 9/16 × 2 5/16 in. (3.9 × 5.9 cm)
Collection no.
17.3.1283
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

Georg Pencz. The Parable of the Father and His Two Sons in the Vineyard, from The Story of Christ. Georg Pencz; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Parable of the Father and His Two Sons in the Vineyard, from The Story of Christ — Georg Pencz. 1534–35.

Medium: Engraving. Dimensions: Sheet: 1 9/16 × 2 5/16 in. (3.9 × 5.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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