The Return of the Prodigal Son

1540

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash
Dimensions: 2 5/16 x 3 7/8 in. (5.9 x 9.8 cm)
Collection no.: 19.151.3
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Sebald Beham. The Return of 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 Return of the Prodigal Son — Sebald Beham. 1540.

Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash. Dimensions: 2 5/16 x 3 7/8 in. (5.9 x 9.8 cm).

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

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1919.

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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