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Parable of the Wicked Vineyards, Parables from the New Testament, Thesaurus novi Testamenti elegantissimis iconibus expressus continens historias atque miracula doni nostri Iesu Christi, print, In an enclosed vineyard, vineyard workers kill the servants of the owner of the vineyard. The servants came to collect the share of the harvest to which the owner was entitled. When his servants do not return, the owner decides to send his son. In the foreground, his son is thrown out of the vineyard by the tenants and murdered. Below the image is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Luke. 20:9., inscription: 'Le Maitre delavigne, ', printmaker: Hans Collaert (I), printmaker: Adriaen Collaert, after design by Ambrosius Francken (I) (attributed to), publisher: Gerard de Jode, Antwerp, 1585, Attributed to, paper, engraving, pasting, pasted on album page, height 221 mm x width 281 mm, the wicked husbandmen kill the servants of the lord, who are sent to gather the fruits, at last the lord sends his son, '... they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him', a man asks his two sons to work in his vineyard, parable of Christ (Matthew 21:28-30), A wide landscape scene rendered in fine line engraving showing a vineyard with winding woven fences and rows of staked vines, a cylindrical stone tower with an arched doorway near the center, groups of partially clothed men in various active poses including some bending over, one lying on the ground, others grappling or wielding clubs and tools, barrels and a round tub where men appear to be working in the midground, distant hills and a small cluster of buildings on a hill in the background, leafy plants and grape clusters visible among the vine rows, textured sky with horizontal hatch shading, and foreground figures leaning over the scene with visible musculature and drapery.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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