# Amusements of the Prodigal Son

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PALMA GIOVANE](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/palma-giovane-r70b38da414c827>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 83 x 118 cm

## Commentary

Veils, sweetmeats, wine, caresses, fruit, and stolen kisses constitute the ingenuous youth&#39;s modest debaucheries at the table and the couch. In fact, thus was a very daring work in very strictly regulated times.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)