206 - The son returns and is welcomed

Identity area

Reference code

MCPP/FF/FPR/L/206

Title

The son returns and is welcomed

Date(s)

  • 1585 (Creation)

Extent and medium

Engraving on paper

Context area

Name of creator

(1593-1637)

Biographical history

Educated at Clare Hall/College; Fellow of Clare. From 1618 to 1624 he was director to the affairs of the Virginia Company. Ferrar was ordained as a deacon in 1626 and founded the small Anglican community of Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, shortly ... »

Archival history

The loose Ferrar prints were conserved in 2014-2015. Please note that the digital images of the prints were captured before conservation work took place.

Conditions of access and use area

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

19.7 cm x 27.1 cm

Notes area

Note

Engraver: Jan Collaert I
Publisher: Gerard de Jode
After Crispin van den Broeck (attributed to)

Note

Part of a set of four prints depicting the parable of the prodigal son.

Note

The print comes from the Thesaurus Veteris et Novi Testamenti, a collection of groups of prints by different designers and engravers published together by Gerard de Jode in Antwerp in 1585.

Note

Text in the lower margin from Luke 15: "Fit supplex veniamque petit veniamq[ue] reportat A parte vera salus non aliunde venit."

Note

MS annotation on the verso of the print in the hand of John Ferrar: "93".

Access points

Description control area

Sources

Mielke, H. Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 38, 1975, pp. 29-83 (51)