The Prodigal Son Eats from the Swine's Trough

One of a series of six. The Son (Filius Prodigus) eats with the swine from a trough, on which is written: the leaven of the Pharisees (Fermentum Pharisaeorum). Around him are the Mouth of Hell (Infernus), Death (Mors), the Devil (Diabolus), Despair (Desperatio) being bitten by conscience (Morsus Conscientia), Disease (Morbus), Hunger (Fames) and War (Bellum). In the sky a cloud from which two hands emerge, one holding a globe, the other a whip. They symbolise God's punishment (Ultio divina). In the landscape stands the Synagogue of the Devil (Synagoga Sathana). Print from a series of six woodcuts depicting the History of the Prodigal Son with six-line Latin inscriptions in book type. The woodcut is hand-coloured, with the costumes of the depicted figures adapted / modernised.