The lost son eats from the pigstrog, Cornelis Anthonisz., 1535 - 1545 print One of series of six. The son (Filius Prodigus) eats with the pigs from a trough, it says: Ferment of the Pharisees (Fermentum Pharisaeorum). around him are the mouth of hell (infernus), death (spill), the devil (diabolus), despair (desperatio) that is bitten by the conscience (Morsus Conscientia), disease (Morbus), Hunger (Fames) and War (Bellum). In the sky a cloud from which two hands stick, one with bulb, one with whip. They symbolize God's punishment (Ultio Divina). In the landscape is the Synagogue of the Devil (
The lost son eats from the pigstrog, Cornelis Anthonisz., 1535 - 1545 print One of series of six. The son (Filius Prodigus) eats with the pigs from a trough, it says: Ferment of the Pharisees (Fermentum Pharisaeorum). around him are the mouth of hell (infernus), death (spill), the devil (diabolus), despair (desperatio) that is bitten by the conscience (Morsus Conscientia), disease (Morbus), Hunger (Fames) and War (Bellum). In the sky a cloud from which two hands stick, one with bulb, one with whip. They symbolize God's punishment (Ultio Divina). In the landscape is the Synagogue of the Devil (Synagoga Sathana). Low Countries paper the prodigal son tends the swine and eats from their trough
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