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The Return of the Prodigal Son

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Return of the Prodigal Son by Albrecht Dürer: A black and white etching of a scene with a group of people. A man kneels in the center, while another man stands beside him with a staff in his right hand and wraps his left arm around the kneeling man's shoulders. A man stands to the left of the central pair with his back to the viewer, looking down and to the right. To the far left, another man sits on a bench. In the background, there are buildings and a tree. A man on the right side of the image rakes the ground with a tool.

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1263 × 776 px
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