The prodigal son amidst the whores

Unknown (Flemish)

Vermeyen, Jan Cornelisz. (ca. 1500-1559) (formerly attributed to)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1540

Height:

84.0 cm  (33 1/16 in.)

Width:

127.3 cm  (50 1/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on oak

Description

Scene includes musicians at a banquet playing flute and lute, looking at music books on a table

Iconclass

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

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Transverse flute [4093]
Lute [3394]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

1804