Study of a young man bending forward to kiss a hand, for the painting "The Departure of the Prodigal Son"

1862–63

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Graphite, heightened with white, on pink paper
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 12 1/16 in. (24.1 x 30.6 cm)
Collection no.: 1970.114.1
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

James Tissot. Study of a young man bending forward to kiss a hand, for the painting "The Departure of the Prodigal Son". James Tissot; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Rogers Fund, 1970. 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

Study of a young man bending forward to kiss a hand, for the painting "The Departure of the Prodigal Son" — James Tissot. 1862–63.

Medium: Graphite, heightened with white, on pink paper. Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 12 1/16 in. (24.1 x 30.6 cm).

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

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1970.

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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