Lips, Johann Heinrich (1758 Kloten near Zurich - Zurich 1817). Bruno, the prodigal son, returns to his father. Pen and gray ink, gray wash, edged with brown pen, on wove paper (papier vélin). Image size 9.6 x 7.2 cm, sheet size 11.4 x 9.1 cm. Model for an almanac illustration, 1818. ╔Franz Eberhard.╗ Holy bishop blessing a knight kneeling before him. Pencil, edged with a pencil line, on yellowish wove paper. Image size 9 x 5.5 cm, sheet size 16.4x11.4 cm. - Provenance: 1 Collection H with crab in rectangle (not in Lug)t. 2 Inscribed on verso by a previous owner "Geschenk v. Prof. H. Holland. March 1912.". D

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