Art, literature & history
The Prodigal Son Wasted His Substance
c. 1815
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and black ink and watercolor
- Dimensions
- sight size: 38.1 x 31.3 cm (15 x 12 5/16 in.) framed: 48.9 x 42.2 cm (19 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1966.13.21
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Mary Ann Willson. The Prodigal Son Wasted His Substance. Mary Ann Willson; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Prodigal Son Wasted His Substance — Mary Ann Willson. c. 1815.
Medium: pen and black ink and watercolor.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sight size: 38.1 x 31.3 cm (15 x 12 5/16 in.) framed: 48.9 x 42.2 cm (19 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1966.13.21. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.