The Prodigal Son Amid the Swine

The Prodigal Son Amid the Swine

c. 1496 · Germany

Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ranne, and fell on his necke, and kissed him.
LUKE 15:20 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Clarence Buckingham Collection

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