# Parable of the Lost Drachma [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [FETTI, Domenico]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on wood, 75 x 44 cm ## Commentary Parable of the Lost Drachma c. 1618 Oil on wood, 75 x 44 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden The poor woman of the gospel parable has turned everything she owns out and over seeking the lost coin by the feeble light of a flickering oil lamp. The gigantic, formless shadows the small flame casts seem to express the enormity of her search, a metaphor for the fervent, heartfelt concern for the straying sinner that Jesus describes. This version of the painting was executed by Fetti's workshop. ## Related artworks - [David \(detail\)]() - [David]() - [David with the Head of Goliath]() - [Ecce Homo]() - [Flight to Egypt]() - [Hero and Leander]() - [Margherita Gonzaga Receiving the Model of the Church of St Ursula \(detail\)]() - [Margherita Gonzaga Receiving the Model of the Church of St Ursula]() - [Melancholy \(detail\)]() - [Melancholy]() - [Melancholy]() - [Moses before the Burning Bush]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()