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Abraham BOSSE, The Prodigal Son Guarding Pigs, 1636, Planche 3 de la suite La Parabole du fils prodigue, vers 1636, Galerie Paul Prouté Paris

Abraham BOSSE

Tours vers 1604 – Paris 1676

The Prodigal Son Guarding Pigs

Plate 3 from the series The Parable of the Prodigal Son, c. 1636
Original etching
258 × 327 mm, good margins
Fine impression of the final state with the letter, printing crease along the left and top edges, tiny crease in the top left corner, numerous scattered spots in the margins and to the left of the letter. On the reverse, slight traces of glue in the lower corners, a small stain at the top, traces of old glue near the top left corner
Watermark: Grape and countermark
Reference: Lothe 8 ii/ii, Join-Lambert and Préaud 136

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