Jode Gerard de - Prodigus - Etching on paper (1570 ca.)
Estimate: £300 - £400
Prodigus is a beautiful black and white engraving on paper, realized by Gerard de Jode around 1570.
Title in Latin " Delitys fruitur veneris patrisque liei / Prodigus, at premitur mox miser ecce fame " on plate on the lower margin and " MC " monogrammed on plate on the lower left margin and inscription of the author on plate on the lower right margin (the name is partially readable).
The parable of the prodigal son is finely described in this etching, with a very detailed image of the dissipation of the man surrounded by prostitutes, portrayed while gambling.
In very good conditions, with signs of the time, usual yellowing of the paper and sporadic stains on the left margin.
Reference : Nagler 1697.
Title in Latin " Delitys fruitur veneris patrisque liei / Prodigus, at premitur mox miser ecce fame " on plate on the lower margin and " MC " monogrammed on plate on the lower left margin and inscription of the author on plate on the lower right margin (the name is partially readable).
The parable of the prodigal son is finely described in this etching, with a very detailed image of the dissipation of the man surrounded by prostitutes, portrayed while gambling.
In very good conditions, with signs of the time, usual yellowing of the paper and sporadic stains on the left margin.
Reference : Nagler 1697.