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The Prodigal Son as a Swineherd, from The Parable of the Prodigal Son, bound in "Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti"

Jan Collaert I Netherlandish
After Crispijn van den Broeck Netherlandish
Publisher Gerard de Jode Netherlandish
1585
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Object Information
  • Title: The Prodigal Son as a Swineherd, from The Parable of the Prodigal Son, bound in "Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti"
  • Series/Portfolio: The Parable of the Prodigal Son
  • Artist: Jan Collaert I (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1530–1581 Antwerp)
  • Artist: After Crispijn van den Broeck (Netherlandish, Mechelen ca. 1524–ca. 1591 Antwerp)
  • Publisher: Gerard de Jode (Netherlandish, 1509/17–1591)
  • Date: 1585
  • Medium: Engraving; first state of two
  • Dimensions: Plate: 7 7/8 × 10 5/8 in. (20 × 27 cm)
    Sheet: 11 7/16 × 14 15/16 in. (29 × 38 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.601.335(136)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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