The Prodigal Son

Joos van Winghe, Jan Sadeler1588

Details

Title: The Prodigal Son
Creator: Jan Sadeler I after Joos van Winghe
Date Created: 1588
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate, center bottom: “Jodoc a Wing:/figurauit, 1588.” and “Joan: Sadeler. Serenissimi/ Bauariae Ducis chalcograph? fe:” Inscribed in plate bottom edge: “VINUM ET MULIERES APOSTATARE FACIUNT SAPIENTES. ET QUI SE IVNGIT FORNICATORIIS ERIT NEQUAM. Sirach 19.”
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1970
Materials & Techniques: Engraving
Keywords: Bible, New Testament, parables, Prodigal Son, religions, religious art
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 379 mm x 451 mm (14.92 in. x 17.76 in.).
Bibliography: Wurzbach (II, 539) 62; (II, 888) 7; Hollstein (XXI, p.175) 559 as " House of Ill Fame"; D’Oench, “Prodigal Son Narratives 1480–1980” (Yale University Art Gallery and Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1995) cat. no.5, pp.8–9; De Jongh & Luijten, Mirror of Everyday Life (1997), no. 6, pp. 67-70.
Associated People: Created by Jan Sadeler I (Dutch (Flemish), 1550-1600), After Joos van Winghe (Dutch (Netherlandish), 1544-1603)
Accession Number: 1970.40.1

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