Rembrandt

The Prodigal Son with the Loose Women



Rembrandt - The Prodigal Son with the Loose Women



Rembrandt
The Prodigal Son with the Loose Women
c. 1642-43
177 x 210 mm
Pen and bistre, wash
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt-am-Main


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 1512
Benesch 529

Literature
Ernst van de Wetering, Rembrandt in nieuw licht, Amsterdam, 2009, fig. 123 (as Rembrandt or pupil (F. Bol?))


Iconclass

73C8643 The prodigal son in the midst of prostitutes feasting and dissipating his patrimony, usually in a brothel or inn

External links

RKD 61397

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