Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 316

Literature
Gary Tinterow and Geneviève Lacambre, Manet/Velazquez, New York, New Haven, 2003, fig. 14.43

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
gift 1948 to NGA

Iconclass

73C86461 The prodigal son kneels before his father who takes him in his arms

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1948.12.1

Other works by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

The Liberation of Saint Peter
1667

The Patrician John and His Wife before Pope Liberius
1662-65

Ecce Homo
c. 1675

The Baptism of Christ

Boy with a Dog
before 1660