Die Ausschweifungen des verlorenen Sohnes

Title

Die Ausschweifungen des verlorenen Sohnes

Draughtsman

• Pietro Testa

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• red chalk
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Upper Italian

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study
• design for an etching?

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten rechts (von fremder Hand?, mit der Feder in Braun): pietro testa

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 15,11-32

Primary

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