Prodigal son in midst of prostitutes feasting and dissipating his patrimony. unknown c. 1510-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'6" x W 21' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 6-7/cm); wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: William Randolph Hearst coll. French & Co. purchased from Leon Medina 8/1951 [SS 81374]. French & Co. purchased from Antiquities Inc. 3/31/1953; sold to Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, 1964 [SS 57510]. Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, accno. 9922. Prodigal son with 2 prostitutes (center, middle ground) & sam

Prodigal son in midst of prostitutes feasting and dissipating his patrimony. unknown c. 1510-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'6" x W 21' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 6-7/cm); wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: William Randolph Hearst coll. French & Co. purchased from Leon Medina 8/1951 [SS 81374]. French & Co. purchased from Antiquities Inc. 3/31/1953; sold to Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, 1964 [SS 57510]. Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, accno. 9922. Prodigal son with 2 prostitutes (center, middle ground) & same figures seen again feasting together (R of center, foreground), servants surround central scene & musicians play various instruments (R, upper corner) (BRD) garland of flowers Possibly woven in Brussels (Cavallo). This set comprises 4 panels; 1 is represented in the Photo Study Collection (Dimitrova). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 57510-d French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 81374 French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 19718-d Brussels, wandtapijten (1994), 45-47, Brussels (Musées Royaux), Tapisseries (1976), 100-117, Delmarcel, Wandtapijten I (1977), 10,11, Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (1992), 54,55 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238379-0238383, 0184175-0184187, 0184198-0184199, 0184307-0184311; stylistically & iconographically similar tapestry, GCPA 0239563

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