Prodigal sons and fair penitents : transformations in eighteenth-century popular prints

Author

D'Oench, Ellen G.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art history. 1990, Num. 3, Vol. 13, p. 318-343, 36 ill.

ISSN

0141-6790

Abstract (en)

Analyzes anomalies within the canon of 18th c. print series of the prodigal son, apparent in two sets by John Raphael Smith: History of the Prodigal Son, 1775, and Laetitia, 1789. Considers English prototypes and identifies the immediate visual source as a set after Sébastien Le Clerc II, 1751. Ascribes the popularity of these prints to their correspondence to changing patterns in family life.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration -- United Kingdom
• Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812
• Prints
• Great Britain
• Iconography
• Jesus Christ: Parables: Prodigal son
• Prodigal Son
• Sources
• Family
• Le Clerc, Sébastien II, 1676-1763
• France

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration -- Royaume-Uni
• Estampe
• Grande-Bretagne
• Iconographie
• Christ: Paraboles: Fils prodigue
• Le Fils prodigue
• Sources
• Famille
• Le Clerc, Sébastien II, 1676-1763
• France

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00422372

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