Art, literature & history
Return of the Prodigal Son
c. 1510
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- engraving
- Collection no.
- 1927.361
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Lucas van Leyden. Return of the Prodigal Son. The Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
Return of the Prodigal Son — Lucas van Leyden. c. 1510.
Medium: engraving. Dimensions: .
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
A leading 16th-century Dutch printmaker and painter, Lucas van Leyden is credited with bringing a high degree of naturalism to the craft of printmaking. Although the landscape never became the primary subject, in prints such as Return of the Prodigal Son Lucas created a plausible yet imaginary setting.
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.