The Expulsion of the Prodigal Son, The History of the Prodigal Son (series title), One of series of six. The son (Filius Prodigus) is driven away by Poverty (Paupertas), while Superstition (Superstitio) and Heresy (Haeresis) show him the way to the Synagogue of Satan (Synagoga Sathanae). There he kneels before a man on a throne. On the throne is the word Disease (Morbus), on the column Stubbornness (Obstinatio). Print from a series of six woodcuts with the History of the Prodigal Son with six-line Latin captions in letterpress. The woodcut is hand-colored and the costumes

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