Page:Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, 1887, vol 3.djvu/529

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PliOBIGAL Subject treated also by Gerard Honthorst, Munich Gallery ; Jacob Jordaens, Dresden Museum ; Guercino, Vienna and Turin Mu- seums ; Liouello Spada, Louvre ; Poinpeo Battoui (1773), Vienna Museum ; llem- braiult, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; II Ca- labrese, Naples Museum ; Leandro Bassano, Madrid Museum ; Jacopo Bassano, Marquis of Exeter ; Domeuico Feti, Dresden Gallery ; Salvator Eosa, Hermitage ; Theodore Chas- seriau (Salon, 183G) ; A. Masson (Salon, 1839) ; James Tissot (Salon, 1863) ; Al- phonse Legros (18G5) ; Jean Fauvelet (Salon, 1809). PRODIGAL SON RE- CEIVING HIS PORTION, Murillo, Dudley House, London ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 5 in. x 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 broth- er and sister the brother said to be a portrait of Mu- rillo. Salamanca sale (18(!7), 28,500 francs. Belonged once, with four others of the series (now in Dudley House), to the Marquis de Narros, Chateau de Campo Zarana ; afterward to Don Jose de Madrazo. Sketch in Madrid Mu- seum. Curtis, 193. PRODIGAL SON LEAVING HOME, Murillo, Dudley House, London ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 5 in. x 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 arid his brother and sister, who stand in the door of their house ; on left, middle distance, loaded mules driven along a road. Salamanca sale (18G7), 32,000 francs. Companion to preceding ; same history. Curtis, 193. PRODIGAL SON FEASTING, Murillo, Dudley House, London ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 5 in. x 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 courte- san seated, behind whom is a servant with a plate ; in foreground, left, a musician play- ing a guitar ; a dog thrusts his head from under the table-cloth ; background, a red curtain fastened to columns ; on right, land- scape and entrance to a park. Salamanca sale (18C7), 73,000 francs. Companion to Return of Prodigal Son, Murillo, Stafford House, London. Ma- preceding ; same history. Sketch drid Museum. Curtis, 194. PRODIGAL SON BEGGING, Murillo, Dudley House, London ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft. 5 in. The Prodigal fleeing, a dog leaping up before him barking, pursued by a man with a drawn sword, two young wom- en (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. Sala- manca sale (1867), 35,000 francs. Compan- ion to preceding ; same history. Curtis, 194. PRODIGAL SON FEEDING SWINE, Murillo, Dudley House, London ; canvas, H.