Author: Hans Collaert I (1566-1628) after Crispin van den Broek (1523 – c. 1591)
Title: [Antique print, engraving, 1643] The Prodigal Son wasting his substance / De verloren zoon verkwist zijn erfenis [Set of 4 plates: The parable of the Prodigal Son], published 1643, 1 p.
Description: The Prodigal Son wasting his substance, second plate of a set of four originally published in Antwerp in 1585 by Gerard de Jode.Numbered on bottom right corner: 2.Inscribed below in Latin: Cum Venere et Baccho male sanus luxuriatur, fundit inutiliter parta labore gravi. Luc 15.13. Engraving on paper, remargined; total: 240 x 296 mm; state II/2; some smudges due to handling on margins especially, hole on the bottom left corner, some lacunas are filled in, otherwise in good condition. New Hollstein 297.

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