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The Prodigal Son: Tending Swine

Hans Sebald Beham

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white engraving of a man standing with pigs. The man has short hair and a beard. He wears a tunic with a belt around it and shorts. A staff is in his right hand. He rests his left arm on the shoulder of a large pig. A tree trunk is to his left. The pigs are large and small. A rocky outcropping with trees on top is behind the man. A field with trees and another rocky outcropping in the distance are on the right. A rectangle at the top contains writing. A small rectangle in the bottom left contains the letters HSB.

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1263 × 774 px
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