The Prodigal Son

1570

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 7 15/16 in. (14.6 x 20.2 cm)
Collection no.: 1972.118.4
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Hans Bol. The Prodigal Son. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Prodigal Son — Hans Bol. 1570.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash. Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 7 15/16 in. (14.6 x 20.2 cm).

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

Credit line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971.

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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