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An image of The Prodigal Son: the fatted calf by James Jacques Joseph Tissot

James Jacques Joseph Tissot

(France, England 1836–1902)

Title
The Prodigal Son: the fatted calf
Year
1881
Media category
Print
Materials used
etching
Dimensions

31.1 x 37.2cm platemark; 50.0 x 62.0cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., [incised plate] "J.J. Tissot/ 1881".
Credit
Purchased 1987
Accession number
368.1987
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (2)

Peter Raissis (Australia) (Author), Whistler to Freud: Etchings in Great Britain, Domain, 2001. cat.no. 85

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Rose Peel (Australia) (Author), Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Domain, 1993, 3, 12. no catalogue numbers

Exhibition history (2)

Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 07 Aug 1993–24 Oct 1993.

Whistler to Freud: etching in Great Britain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 24 Aug 2001–11 Nov 2001.