The Prodigal Son Wastes His Inheritance, The History of the Prodigal Son (series title), One of series of six. Son (Filius Prodigus) at the table with Lust (Caro) and Greed (Avaritia). Personification of the world (Mundus) trampling on Conscience (Conscientia). Selfishness (Proprum Commudum) steals the money bag. Behind him are Impermanence (Vanitas), Heresy (Haeresis) and Reason (Ratio), who plays a bagpipe. Above the scene in a cloud the spirit of Incorrectness and Fanaticism (Spiritus Erronei & Fanatici). Print from a series of six woodcuts with the History of the Prodigal Son

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