The Prodigal son as a swineherd.

Engraving, 44,2 x 62 cm, underlaid paper with unidentified watermark, signed in plate at lower right corner, wide margins (toned paper, stained in margins, some repaired tear in lower edge, ms. numbered with pen and brown ink in lower right corner, glue stains on verso).

Under passe-partout. Rich, dark impression.

Farmyard with the Prodigal Son wearing rags and supporting himself with a club-like stick and holding his hat for alms, a bearded man pointing away and standing at the rear of a cow being milked, behind is a large dilapidated farm building with a thatched roof. With ten Latin text lines in lower margin. 5th state (of 5) with address of Valk removed in lower left foreground.
Ref. Hollstein XIII:27.5. - Bartsch III.227.25.