# Young Man and Woman in an Inn [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HALS, Frans]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 105 x 79 cm ## Commentary It is assumed that the painting represents the Prodigal Son. The traditional title "Yonker Ramp and his Sweetheart" dates from the eighteenth century and is based upon a mistaken identification with Pieter Ramp, who appears in a group portrait of about 1627 by Hals. \(Yonker is an English rendering of Jonker, or Jonkheer, which means Young Gentleman.\) This painting has been connected to a <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/h/hooft/prodigal.html'\)" href="/html/h/hooft/prodigal.html">print</a> serving as an illustration on the title page of Willem Dircksz Hooft's play Heden-daeghsche Verlooren Soon \(The Contemporary Prodigal Son\) which was performed in Amsterdam on February 3, 1630, and published the same year. ## Related artworks - [A Young Man in a Large Hat]() - [Andries van der Horn]() - [Anetta Hanemans]() - [Anna van der Aar]() - [Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard Company]() - [Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard \(detail\)]() - [Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard]() - [Banquet of the Officers of the St Hadrian Civic Guard Company]() - [Boy holding a Flute \(Hearing\)]() - [Boy Playing a Violin]() - [Boy with a Lute]() - [Buffoon Playing a Lute]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()