The Return of the Prodigal Son (돌아온 탕자)

 

 

 

(눅 15:21)

아들이 이르되 아버지 내가 하늘과 아버지께 죄를 지었사오니 지금부터는 아버지의 아들이라 일컬음을 감당하지 못하겠나이다 2)하나 눅15:18

 

 

 

 

 

 

Il Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) 1591 – 1666

The Return of the Prodigal Son (1619)

oil on canvas (106 × 143 cm) — 1619

  Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Il Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) biography

 

This work is linked to Luke 15:21

 

The lost son returns impoverished to his father's home. His father is genuinely happy to see him and does not mind that the son has wasted his share of the inheritance. This early work of Guercino shows the moment when the son receives a fine set of clothes.

The influence of Caravaggio is obvious: the work shows a great play of light and shades. Experts also mention the influence of Ludovico Carracci, a master from Bologna.

Guercino made several paintings with this subject, e.g. the 1655 version in San Diego.

 

 

 

 

 

Il Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) 1591 – 1666

The Return of the Prodigal Son (1655)

oil on canvas (155 × 146 cm) — 1654-1655

Timken Museum, San Diego

Il Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) biography

 

This work is linked to Luke 15:21

Penniless the prodigal son returns to his father, who welcomes him with compassion. He could have been angry, as the son had waisted his inheritance.

Guercino has depicted the subject at least seven times. This is one of his later works. This site also features a version from 1619 in Vienna.

Tags: Prodigal

 

 

 

 

 

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 – 1669

The Return of the Prodigal Son (1668)

oil on canvas (262 × 206 cm) — 1668-69

  Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn biography

 

This work is linked to Luke 15:21

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After having wasted all the money he has inherited, the youngest son returns to his father. The latter receives him full of grace. The surrounding figures watch respectfully as the father forgives his prodigal son.

There is some doubt whether Rembrandt made this painting all by himself. He may have been helped by students in his workshop.

• The prodigal son wastes his inheritance
• The prodigal son among the pigs
• The return of the prodigal son (1636)
• The return of the prodigal son (1642)
• The return of the prodigal son (1668)
  

 

 

 

James Tissot 1836 – 1902

The Prodigal Son in Modern Life: The Return (1882)

oil on canvas — c. 1882

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

James Tissot biography

 

This work is linked to Luke 15:21

 

Tissot places the story of the prodigal son who returns to his father repenting in a contemporary context. The son's ship has just come in and his father awaits him at the quay.

Perhaps Tissot was inspired by this depiction of the story by Rembrandt. Here too the bystanders look on in silence, impressed by the scene. Twenty years earlier, Tissot made a Prodigal son set in Paris.

Tissot lived in London when he made this painting. He enjoyed spending time in the Port of London and often used it as a setting for his work.

 

 

 

 

 

James Tissot 1836 – 1902

The Return of the Prodigal Son (1862)

oil on canvas — 1862
private collection

James Tissot biography

 

This work is linked to Luke 15:21

 

Here, the story of the prodigal son is located in Paris. The city still looks medieval, so it must have been in a neighborhood not yet touched by Hausmann's urban renovation plans.

The son has spent all his money and now returns to his father, almost without any clothes left. The father welcomes him lovingly without a word of rebuke.

This painting shows Tissot's sense of detail. He made another version in 1882, set against the port of London.