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Embracing Couple or Prodigal Son, Auguste Rodin

Embracing Couple or Prodigal Son

Auguste Rodin (French) (1840-1917)

Movement
Symbolism
Date
c. 1880
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash with gray opaque watercolor over black chalk, heightened with white opaque watercolor, on tracing paper
Dimensions
21 × 16.2 cm
Collection
J. Paul Getty Museum, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Musée J. Paul Getty, public domain

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