The Prodigal Son Wasting His Fortune

1540

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

This is a drawing of a group of elegantly dressed figures gathered around a table in a garden setting. The image shows finely dressed people engaging with each other beside a round table adorned with food and drink, under a rustic natural setting of trees and shrubs. The figures appear to be conversing or enjoying each other's company at the table, which is set with plates, a goblet, and a flask, indicating a moment of leisure or festivity. The background features nature with abundant foliage and detailed planter pots, suggesting a refined, cultivated environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1195

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 29, State iii/v


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1901

  • Pauli, Gustav. Hans Sebald Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche, Radierungen und Holzschnitte. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte_ 33. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1901: no. 34, iv/v.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Sebald Beham, Anne Röver-Kann, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2024: no. 29, iii/v.

Wikidata ID

Q64961886

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