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Jan Pietersz. Saenredam
The Prodigal Son as a Swineherdc. 1603-1605

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper of a winter farmyard with figures tending an ox and goat, turkeys in the foreground, and a tall dilapidated farmhouse at right, rendered in fine crosshatched lines

Jan Pietersz. Saenredam, The Prodigal Son as a Swineherd, c. 1603-1605, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jan Pietersz. Saenredam
Northern Netherlands, circa 1565-1607
Title
The Prodigal Son as a Swineherd
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
c. 1603-1605
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
17 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. (43.5 x 63.82 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.528
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.