Author: Hans Collaert I (1566-1628) after Crispin van den Broek (1523 – c. 1591)
Title: [Antique print, engraving] The Prodigal Son leaves the house of the father / De verloren zoon neemt afscheid van zijn vader [Set of 4 plates: The parable of the Prodigal Son], published 1643, 1 p.
Description: The Prodigal Son leaves the house of the father, first plate of a set of four originally published in Antwerp in 1585 by Gerard de Jode.Numbered on bottom right corner: 1.Inscribed below in Latin: Prodigus a partijs discedit Filius oris, Et patri longum dicitur ecce vale. Luc 15.11. With the address of the publisher: CJVisscher excudit. Engraving on paper, remargined; total: 232 x 307 mm; state II/2; some smudges due to handling on margins especially, otherwise in very good condition. New Hollstein 296.

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