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The Return of the Prodigal Son
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo1667/1670
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: The Return of the Prodigal Son
- Creator: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- Date Created: 1667/1670
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 236.3 x 261 cm (93 1/16 x 102 3/4 in.) framed: 262.9 x 286.4 x 8.6 cm (103 1/2 x 112 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Commissioned for the Hospital de la Caridad [Hospital of Charity], Seville; removed by government decree to Alcázar, Seville, 1810, from whence it was taken to Paris in 1812 by Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, Duke of Dalmatia [1769-1851]; sold 1835 to George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower [1786-1861], 2nd duke of Sutherland, Cleveland House, London; by descent through the dukes of Sutherland to George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower [1888-1963], 5th duke of Sutherland; sold 7 January 1948 to (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd, London); sold 30 December 1948 to the Avalon Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1948 to NGA. [1] Stockbook no. 9765, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
- Medium: oil on canvas
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