Circa 1636
Plate 2 from the suite of six subjects entitled Histoire de l’Enfant Prodigue
Original etching and engraving in the shadows
259 × 327 mm, good margins
Fine impression of the final state, with Le Blond’s name scratched out, the Prodigal Son’s hand holding a fan and the man at the back with his pants pulled up, rust stain on the mantelpiece in the kitchen, minor foxing and soiling in the margins
Watermark: Arms of France and Navarre
Reference : Duplessis 35, Blum 1185 ii/ii, Join-Lambert et Préaud 134 iii/iii, Lothe 7 iii/iii