The Brothel (The Prodigal Son)
Jeremias Falck, Polish, about 1610 - 1677
after Johann Liss, German, about 1590 - 1629
1655-1658
Engraving on laid paper
Image: 9 13/16 × 14 3/4 in. (24.9 × 37.5 cm)
Plate: 11 1/8 × 15 1/8 in. (28.2 × 38.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 20 1/4 in. (40.2 × 51.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund
PR.2000.19
Geography
Place Made: Poland, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Watermark: arms of Strasbourg and countermark HIS with letters RC.
Course History
ARTH 46, Northern Baroque Art, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2012
ITAL 10, The Culture of Food in Italian Literature, 1300-2013, Tania Convertini, Winter 2014
ITAL 10, Introduction to Italian Literature: Masterworks and Great Issues, Tania Convertini, Winter 2015
ARTH 46, Northern Baroque Art, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2015
WRIT 5, Food for Thought, Sarah Smith, Fall 2019
WRIT 5, Food for Thought, Sarah Smith, Winter 2019
Exhibition History
Constructing Gender: Works from the Hood Museum of Art's Collection, 1500 to the Present, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, ARTH 2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 28-April 22, 2012.
The Golden Age: 17th century Art in The Netherlands, Northern Baroque Art, Art History 46, Joy Kenseth, Teaching Exhibition, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 31-May 31, 2015.
With a Sincere Hand and a Faithful Eye, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 46, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 28-December 17, 2000.
Published References
Johann Liss exbihibition/ under the protectorate of the president of the German Bundestag Frau Annemarie Renger, the International Council of Museums (ICOM), and supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. [1975?] (Augsburg: Presse-Drunck-und-Berlags-GmbH)
Provenance
C. G. Boerner Inc., New York; purchased by the present collection, 2000.
Catalogue Raisonne
Nagler IV, p. 227. Wurback 7. Block 160 I (of II). Dutch Hollstein, vol. VI, p. 214, 160 i/III); vol. XI. p. 148, 8 Klessmann p. 135.
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