It was created sometime between 1610 and 1620 in Antwerp and was acquired by the Amsterdam art collector Adriaan van der Hoop in 1843, who donated it to the city in 1854.

He immediately began to admit his sins and wrongdoings and declared himself not worth to be his father's son.

It is widely believed that he trained with his father, Frans Francken I, for several years before working as an apprentice to his uncle Ambrosius I.

In 1605, Frans II joined the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke, where he became a master and served as a deacon in 1616.

[1] Frans II was well known for his work in narrative and allegorical cabinet paintings on wood and copper.

Frans the Younger introduced several new subjects into Flemish art including singeries and Kunstkammer.

Sitting next to the son, we can see a man playing a lute, while a woman pours drinks into cups.

The next scene shows a depiction of the son begging with a priest, presumably for money or food, while standing in a cemetery.