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The Return of the Prodigal Son by Nicolaes Maes, Justus de Gelder — VisualArtsDB

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The Return of the Prodigal Son

The Return of the Prodigal Son

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Nicolaes Maes Justus de Gelder

Medium: Brown ink and brown wash with (later?) gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions: 19.7 x 19.1 cm (7 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.) mount: 24.3 x 23.5 cm (9 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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