The Prodigal Son Squandering His Inheritance on Harlots

c. 1548

Dirck Volckertz Coornhert

Artist, Netherlandish, 1522 - 1590

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on brown laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24 x 18.7 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.83.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 357, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rudolf L. Mayer [1895-1962] (Lugt 4534); (Jem Hom Fine Art, New York); purchased by the NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Maarten van Heemskerck. Parts I and II. Compiled by Ilja M. Veldman and edited by Ger Luijten. Roosendaal: Koninklijke van Poll, 1993.

Inscriptions

in later hand, at lower right in black ink: A 798; in later hand, across bottom verso in graphite: Heemskerk / Holl.51 / [?] BE / Jean [?] / Ecole Francais / XVI Sie cle

Markings

verso, stamped in red ink: [mark of Rudolf L. Mayer (Lugt 4534)]; verso, stamped in black ink: BE [Lugt 357, unidentified]

Wikidata ID

Q74044445

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