The lost son wastes his inheritance, Cornelis Anthonisz., C. 1540 - c. 1550 print One of series of six. Son (Filius Prodigus) at the table with lust (caro) and greed (Avaritia). Personification of the world (Mundus) trampled conscience (Conscientia). Selfishness (Proprum Commudum) steals the money pouch. Behind him are transience (vanitas), heresy (Haeresis) and reason (ratio), which plays on a bagpipe. Above the scene in a cloud the spirit of inaccuracy and fanatic (Spiritus Erronei & Fanatics). Print from the series of six woodcuts with the history of the lost son with six -line Latin captio
The lost son wastes his inheritance, Cornelis Anthonisz., C. 1540 - c. 1550 print One of series of six. Son (Filius Prodigus) at the table with lust (caro) and greed (Avaritia). Personification of the world (Mundus) trampled conscience (Conscientia). Selfishness (Proprum Commudum) steals the money pouch. Behind him are transience (vanitas), heresy (Haeresis) and reason (ratio), which plays on a bagpipe. Above the scene in a cloud the spirit of inaccuracy and fanatic (Spiritus Erronei & Fanatics). Print from the series of six woodcuts with the history of the lost son with six -line Latin captions in book print. The woodcut is hand -colored where the costumes of the proposed persons have been adjusted / modernized. paper. deck paint. watercolor (paint) letterpress printing the prodigal son in the midst of prostitutes feasting and dissipating his patrimony, usually in a brothel or inn. brothel
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