Sujet

The prodigal son wastes his inheritance, c.1540-c.1550. Creator: Cornelis Anthonisz.

Légende

The prodigal son wastes his inheritance, c.1540-c.1550. 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), playing bagpipes. Above the scene in a cloud the spirit of inaccuracy and fanatic (Spiritus Erronei & Fanatics). Print from a series of six woodcuts with six-line Latin captions. The woodcut is hand-coloured where the costumes have been adjusted / modernized.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A87_213

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

207,0Mo (,0Ko) / 63,3cm x 81,9cm / 7482 x 9672 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe building food female women woman people male job man men historical music religious arts world playing religion pub figure figures art guy occupation tables museum Netherlands Dutch public house color scene Christian Christianity table greed inn depiction location century drawing musical instrument musical instruments gallery lust profession Bible print furniture Biblical concept exhibition vanity printing exhibit feast prostitute hand-tinted tavern sketch selfishness reason watercolour prostitution bagpipe illustrated art gallery conscience sketches Colour allegory New Testament allegorical parable allegorical figures 16th century allegorical figure gospel hand tinted prostitutes sixteenth century transience woodcut culture history historic artistic school brothel feasting heresy Luke's gospel prodigal son Rijksmuseum TGN illustration hand coloured Sex worker Biblical scene parable of the prodigal son biblical character vanitas LUKE watercolour on paper playing an instrument art centre hand-coloured paper letterpress Heritage Art Print sex workers Low Countries Gospel of Luke watercolour (paint) deck paint Cornelis Anthonisz Anthoniszoon Kornelis Anthoniszoon Cornelis Cornelis Teunissen Teunissen Cornelis Anthonisz. Teunisz. Cornelis Anthonisz. Anthonisz. Cornelis Teunissen Teunisz. Anthonisz Cornelis Cornelis Theunissen Cornelis Anthonisz. Anthonisz.