Study of a young man bending forward to kiss a hand, for the painting "The Departure of the Prodigal Son"

Inscription: At lower right in graphite on verso, Colnaghi's stock number: "29817 LX"; at lower right in green pencil on verso: "67"; in pen and ink: "70".

Vendor: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.

P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. "Exhibition of Nineteenth Century Drawings by European Artists," April 7, 1970–April 24, 1970.

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Keith Roberts "Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London." The Burlington Magazine. vol. 112, no. 806, May 1970, p. 327.

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Jacob Bean, Linda Boyer Gillies, Cynthia Lambros, Roseline Bacou, Réunion des Musées Nationaux Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: de David à Picasso 54th Exposition de Cabinet des Dessins Musée du Louvre, 25 octobre 1973–7 janvier 1974. Paris, 1973, cat. no. 91, fig. no. 65, p. 66, ill.

Michael Wentworth James Tissot. Oxford, 1984, fig. no. 16, p. 41, note 120, ill.