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The Prodigal Son 1850

by Thomas Couture

This painting of the prodigal son as a forlorn youth seated next to a man talking to a young woman is a replica of a work exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1841. The original version was destroyed in the Chicago Fire of 1871.

Size:: 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (33.6 x 26 cm)
Medium:: oil on canvas
Credit:: Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum
More:: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/4761/the-prodigal-son/

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