Author: Hans Collaert I (1566-1628) after Crispin van den Broek (1523 – c. 1591)
Title: [Antique print, engraving, 1643] The Prodigal Son as a swine herd /De verloren zoon als varkenshoeder [Set of 4 plates: The parable of the Prodigal Son], published 1643, 1 p.
Description: The Prodigal Son as a swine herd, third plate of a set of four originally published in Antwerp in 1585 by Gerard de Jode.Numbered on bottom right corner: 3.Inscribed below in Latin: Omnibus amissis opibus nudusque relictus, cum porcis ventrem vult satiare suum. Luc 15.15. Engraving on paper, remargined; total: 224 x 305 mm; state II/2; some smudges due to handling on margins especially, otherwise in good condition. New Hollstein 298.

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