Subject treated also by Gerard Honthorst, Munich Gallery; Jacob Jordaens, Dresden Museum; Guercino, Vienna and Turin Museums; Lionello Spada, Louvre; Pompeo Battoni (1773), Vienna Museum; Rembrandt, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Il Calabrese, Naples Museum; Leandro Bassano, Madrid Museum; Jacopo Bassano, Marquis of Exeter; Domenico Feti, Dresden Gallery; Salvator Rosa, Hermitage; Théodore Chassériau (Salon, 1836); A. Masson (Salon, 1839); James Tissot (Salon, 1863); Alphonse Legros (1865); Jean Fauvelet (Salon, 1869).
PRODIGAL SON RECEIVING
HIS PORTION,
Murillo, Dudley House,
London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 5
in. × 4 ft. 5 in. The aged
father, seated at end of a
table, looks anxiously at his
son, who is grasping a bag
of gold; on left, behind the
father, the prodigal's brother
and sister—the brother
said to be a portrait of Murillo.
Salamanca sale (1867),
28,500 francs. Belonged
once, with four others of
the series (now in Dudley
House), to the Marquis de
Narros, Château de Campo
Zarana; afterward to Don
José de Madrazo. Sketch in Madrid Museum.—Curtis,
193.
PRODIGAL SON LEAVING HOME,
Murillo, Dudley House, London; canvas, H.
3 ft. 5 in. × 4 ft. 5 in. Wearing a purple
mantle, and mounted on a chestnut horse,
with a plumed hat in his hand, he salutes
his parents and his brother and sister, who
stand in the door of their house; on left,
middle distance, loaded mules driven along
a road. Salamanca sale (1867), 32,000
francs. Companion to preceding; same
history.—Curtis, 193.
PRODIGAL SON FEASTING, Murillo,
Dudley House, London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 5
in. × 4 ft. 5 in. Seated at table, wearing a
red doublet and plumed hat, receiving a cup
of wine, offered by a page on a salver; his
left hand is on the shoulder of a courtesan
seated beside him; on right, another courtesan
seated, behind whom is a servant with a
plate; in foreground, left, a musician playing
a guitar; a dog thrusts his head from
under the table-cloth; background, a red
curtain fastened to columns; on right, landscape
and entrance to a park. Salamanca
sale (1867), 73,000 francs. Companion to
preceding; same history. Sketch in Madrid
Museum.—Curtis, 194.
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PRODIGAL SON BEGGING, Murillo,
Dudley House, London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 5
in. × 4 ft. 5 in. The Prodigal fleeing, a dog
leaping up before him barking, pursued by
a man with a drawn sword, two young women
(one with a broom, the other with a stick),
and an old woman with a staff; on left, a
house; on right, landscape and sky. Salamanca
sale (1867), 35,000 francs. Companion
to preceding; same history.—Curtis,
194.
PRODIGAL SON FEEDING SWINE,
Murillo, Dudley House, London; canvas, H.
