A thin man wearing grey clothes is walking, holding his hat in his left hand. In his right hand he is holding a stick fending off an angry dog. On his back he is carrying a large basket. This type of basket was normally used by peddlers in the 16th century in the Netherlands. To the left an inn (and possibly also a brothel). To the right a path leading into a field where a cow and a magpie seem to watch the man. Above the man, in a tree, an owl is gazing at a great tit. In the background a gallows stands on a hill.
date QS:P,+1930-09-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1319,+1930-09-29T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1930-09-30T00:00:00Z/11
: purchased by Jacques Goudstikker (art dealer), Amsterdam, at the sale of the collection of Albert Figdor at Cassirer, Berlin, lot no. 41, for DEM 385,000
1931: purchased by the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, from Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam for NLG 262,000
Exhibition history
Catalogue des nouvelles acquisitions de la collection Goudstikker, Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 8 November 1930–13 December 1930, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Rotterdam, 20 December 1930–3 January 1931, cat. no. 3.
Jeroen Bosch, Noord-Nederlandsche primitieven, Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, 10 July 1936–15 October 1936, cat. no. 57, p. 34-35, ill. 76.
Bijbelsche Kunst, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 8 July 1939–8 October 1939, Cat.no. 124a, p. 106, ill. 6.
La peinture Hollandaise de Jérôme Bosch à Rembrandt/Hollandse schilderkunst van Jeroen Bosch tot Rembrandt, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten Brussel, City of Brussels, 2 March 1946–28 April 1946, cat. no. 13.
Middeleeuwse kunst der Noordelijke Nederlanden, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 28 June 1958–28 September 1958, Cat.no. 71, p. 80, ill. 42.
Jheronimus Bosch, Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, 17 September 1967–15 November 1967, cat. no. 36, p. 132, with color image on p. 51, as De Landloper, 71 × 70.6 cm (27.9 × 27.7 in).
Van Eyck to Bruegel, 1400-1550. Dutch and Flemish painting in the collection of the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1994, ISBN9789069181370, Cat.no. 16, p. 90-95.
Jheronimus Bosch, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1 September 2001–11 November 2001, cat. no. 6.1a.
The collection enriched, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 16 April 2011–30 April 2013, no catalogue.
Fierens-Gevaert, [Hippolyte] (1912) ‘Jérôme Bosch’, Les Primitifs Flamands. Volume II, Bruxelles: G. van Oest & Cie., p. 177, no image, as Enfant prodigue, collection Figdor.
Friedländer, Max J. (1969) Early Netherlandisch Painting. Volume V. Geertgen tot Sint Jans and Jerome Bosch, Leyden: A.W. Slijthof, Brussels: La Connaissance, p. 87, cat. 103, as The Prodigal Son.
Koldeweij, A.M., P. Vandenbroeck en B. Vermet (2001) Jheronimus Bosch. Alle schilderijen en tekeningen, Rotterdam: NAi Uitgevers, Gent/Amsterdam: Ludion, ISBN90-5662-219-6, p. 29, as Marskramer, circa 1494
date QS:P,+1494-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
or later, 71 × 70.6 cm (27.9 × 27.7 in), with color image.
Koldeweij, Jos, Paul Vandenbroeck, Bernard Vermet (2001) Hieronymus Bosch. The Complete Paintings and Drawings, Ghent/Amsterdam: Ludion, ISBN0-8109-9064-4, p. 88, as Pedlar.
Marijnissen, Roger H. ([1987]) Hieronymus Bosch. Het volledige oeuvre, Haarlem: Gottmer/Brecht, ISBN90-2300-651-8, p. 410, as De zogenaamde Verloren Zoon.
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