The Wayfarer
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The Wayfarer is a Hieronymus Bosch painting. It is currently in Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam
. This painting is round and is 71.5 cm in diameter.
This character in this painting is strikingly similar to The Path of Life, which is the outside of the Haywain Triptych. Interpretations of the character include the suggestion that he is choosing between the path of virtue at the gate on the right or debauchery in the house on the left, or that he is the prodigal son
returning home from the world.
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
. This painting is round and is 71.5 cm in diameter.
This character in this painting is strikingly similar to The Path of Life, which is the outside of the Haywain Triptych. Interpretations of the character include the suggestion that he is choosing between the path of virtue at the gate on the right or debauchery in the house on the left, or that he is the prodigal son
Parable of the Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Son, also known as the Lost Son and the Prodigal Father, is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in only one of the Canonical gospels of the New Testament. According to the Gospel of Luke a father extravagantly gives his sons their inheritance before he dies...
returning home from the world.