The Prodigal Son Squandering His Inheritance on Harlots, c. 1548

Not on View

series Title

The Parable of the Prodigal Son

Medium

woodcut on brown laid paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 357, State only

Accession Number

1983.83.1

Artists / Makers

Dirck Volckertz Coornhert (artist) Netherlandish, 1522 - 1590

Maerten van Heemskerck (artist after) Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Hom, Jem, Mr. and Mrs.
Mayer, Rudolf L

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.