Title
Parable of the Prodigal Son, by Hemessen (1536)
Creator
Hemessen, Jan Sanders van (c. 1500- c. 1566)
Date
1536
Description
Genre painting by Flemish author, based on the parable of the prodigal son (merry company). Note the old woman in the foreground, who, Judas-like, reaches for the bread.
Other titles: The Prodigal Son, De Verloren Zoon
Other titles: The Prodigal Son, De Verloren Zoon
Source
Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium
https://www.fine-arts-museum.be/nl/de-collectie/jan-sanders-van-hemessen-en-meester-van-paulus-en-barnabas-de-verloren-zoon?artist=van-hemessen-jan-sanders-1#
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190307054359/https://www.fine-arts-museum.be/nl/de-collectie/jan-sanders-van-hemessen-en-meester-van-paulus-en-barnabas-de-verloren-zoon?artist=van-hemessen-jan-sanders-1
Inventory number: 2838
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Sanders_van_Hemessen-Enfant_Prodigue_IMG_1469.JPG
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200626174927/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Sanders_van_Hemessen-Enfant_Prodigue_IMG_1469.JPG
https://www.fine-arts-museum.be/nl/de-collectie/jan-sanders-van-hemessen-en-meester-van-paulus-en-barnabas-de-verloren-zoon?artist=van-hemessen-jan-sanders-1#
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190307054359/https://www.fine-arts-museum.be/nl/de-collectie/jan-sanders-van-hemessen-en-meester-van-paulus-en-barnabas-de-verloren-zoon?artist=van-hemessen-jan-sanders-1
Inventory number: 2838
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Sanders_van_Hemessen-Enfant_Prodigue_IMG_1469.JPG
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200626174927/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Sanders_van_Hemessen-Enfant_Prodigue_IMG_1469.JPG
Format
Oil on oak.
Dimensions: 55.1 × 77.9 in. (140 × 198 cm)
Dimensions: 55.1 × 77.9 in. (140 × 198 cm)
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