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The prodigal son by Albrecht Anker — VisualArtsDB

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Religious painting
The prodigal son

The prodigal son

The prodigal son

1858

Genre: Religious painting

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The card reader

The card reader

Albrecht Anker, 1880

Portrait of a girl

Portrait of a girl

Albrecht Anker, 1885

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The Village Tailor

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The Bourbakis

The Bourbakis

Albrecht Anker, 1871

Sleeping boy in the hay

Sleeping boy in the hay

Albrecht Anker, 1897

The village school from 1848

The village school from 1848

Albrecht Anker, 1896

The Strawberry Girl

The Strawberry Girl

Albrecht Anker

The quack

The quack

Albrecht Anker, 1879

Wounded Soldier

Wounded Soldier

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Young girl feeding the hens

Young girl feeding the hens

Albrecht Anker, 1865

Little Girl Knitting

Little Girl Knitting

Albrecht Anker

The girl with the dominoes, tondo

The girl with the dominoes, tondo

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