Prodigus - Original etching by Gerard de Jode - 1570
By Gerard de Jode
Located in Roma, IT
Prodigus is a beautiful black and white engraving on paper, made by Gerard de Jode around 1570. Title in Latin "Delitys fruitur veneris patrisque liei / Prodigus, the premiere mox miser ecce fame" on the plate on the lower margin and "MC" monogrammed on plate the lower left margin and inscription of the author on the plate on the lower right margin ( the name is partially readable). The parable of the son to the prodigy...
16th Century Northern Renaissance Gerard de Jode Prints and Multiples
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