The Prodigal Son in a Brothel, by anonymous (1580, c.)

The Prodigal Son in a Brothel, by anonymous (1580, c.)

Anonymous, after Lucas van Leyden (1512–1583)

1580, c.

The engraving shows a brothel scene where a young woman is found holding the chin of a young man as if seducing him. To the young woman's right sits an old woman, acting as procuress, and drinking from a glass of wine while a young man hands her a bag.

In Rijks Museum, Netherlands.

Found in Essential Vermeer 3.0 webpage:
http://www.essentialvermeer.com/related_vermeer_paintings/procuress.html

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210424170312/http://www.essentialvermeer.com/related_vermeer_paintings/procuress.html

Engraving.
Dimensions: 39 × 23 cm