Illustration: 73C86461x73C86463x3

General

Title the prodigal son kneels before his father who takes him in his arms, preparations, e.g. the prodigal son is given new robes; slaughtering of the fatted calf; the elder son objects
Type Illustration
Sizes 104x74
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 73C86461,73C86463
Iconclass description the prodigal son kneels before his father who takes him in his arms, preparations, e.g. the prodigal son is given new robes; slaughtering of the fatted calf; the elder son objects
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Psalms) 1 Yyy1r
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Psalms) vol.1 p.Yyy1r
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Luke) 2 N2r
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Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Psalms) vol.1 p.Yyy1r
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Luke) vol.2 p.N2r
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

References

Literature references

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306

Bibliographic references

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