The Prodigal Son:  Riotous Living
Cleveland Museum of Art

The Prodigal Son: Riotous Living

Abraham Bosse (French, 1602–1676) · 1635

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CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

An open window reveals the brothel's crescent-moon signboard. Such symbols may have been associated with vice in seventeenth-century Europe.

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