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Prodigal Son

Also known as: Prodigal Son; primary name: Prodigal Son; other name: 浪子
Details: individual; biblical figure; Male
Biography: New Testament figure; appears in a parable told by Jesus Christ (q.v.), in the Gospel of St Luke (q.v.). The younger of two sons, he squandered his portion of his father's estate and was reduced to tending swine; however, he returned home penitent and was welcomed joyously by his father.

247 related objects

bowl

Museum number: 1894,0807.1 |
Production date: 1570-1620 |
Production place: Made in:LyonMade in:Urbino

dish

Museum number: 1888,1110.17 |
Producer name: BIOG81354 Factory of:Pickleherring Pottery |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 1659 |
Production place: Factory in:Southwark

drawing; album

Museum number: 1899,0120.80 |
Producer name: BIOG29535 Attributed to:H Rudolph von Grafinried |
Production date: 1613

drawing

Museum number: 1864,0514.251 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC(late)

drawing

Museum number: 1873,0510.3535 |
Producer name: BIOG30014 Drawn by:Guercino |
Production date: 1606-1617

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.179 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Drawn by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1650

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1848,1125.4 |
Producer name: BIOG49820 Drawn by:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1608

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.39 |
Producer name: BIOG22293 Drawn by:Giacomo Cavedone |
Production date: 1592-1660

drawing

Museum number: 1997,U.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47838 After:Jan Swart van Groningen |
Production date: 1510-1553

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1262.a |
Producer name: BIOG17402 Drawn by:Vito d' Anna |
Production date: 1699-1769

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1848,1125.7 |
Producer name: BIOG49820 Drawn by:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1608

drawing; print study

Museum number: SL,5218.173 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Drawn by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1496

drawing

Museum number: 1987,0725.12 |
Producer name: BIOG29009 Drawn by:Giacinto Gimignani |
Production date: 1626-1681

drawing

Museum number: 1905,1110.69 |
Producer name: BIOG43405 Attributed to:Constantyn Daniël van Renesse |
Production date: 1650-1652

drawing

Museum number: Ff,4.128 |
Producer name: BIOG49526 Drawn by:Jan van de Velde II |
Production date: 1608-1642

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.512 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1897,1117.2 |
Producer name: BIOG23659 Drawn by:Jean Baptiste Corneille |
Production date: 1649-1695

drawing

Museum number: 1975,0920.87 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 Drawn by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1811-1890

drawing; album

Museum number: 1862,0809.106 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1623

drawing; album

Museum number: 1862,0809.107 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1563-1628

drawing; album

Museum number: 1899,0120.29 |
Producer name: BIOG49862 Drawn by:Jeronymus Vischer |
Production date: 1591

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1848,1125.5 |
Producer name: BIOG49820 Drawn by:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1608

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1848,1125.6 |
Producer name: BIOG49820 Drawn by:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1608

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1929,0713.136 |
Producer name: BIOG19807 Drawn by:William Blake |
Production date: 1795-1797

drawing

Museum number: SL,5226.85 |
Producer name: BIOG34043 Attributed to:Pieter Coecke van Aelst I |
Production date: 1520-1530

hanging scroll; calligraphy

Museum number: 1989,0410,0.3 |
Producer name: Calligrapher:Ebisawa Akira (海老沢亮)Painted by:Teiji |
Cultures/periods: x14537 Showa Era |
Production date: 1938 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

knife-sheath

Museum number: 1878,1101.68 |
Production date: 1596 |
Production place: Made in:Germany

knife-sheath

Museum number: 1878,1101.71 |
Production date: 1584

medal

Title: Prodigal Son 3 |
Museum number: 2003,0322.1 |
Producer name: Designed by:Bogomil NikolovModelled by:Bogomil Nikolov |
Production date: 1998 |
Production place: Made in:Bulgaria

painting; textile

Museum number: As1987,14.31 |
Production date: 1875-1925 |
Production place: Made in:China |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

plaque

Museum number: 1913,1220.20 |
Producer name: BIOG76317 Attributed to:Jean Pénicaud II |
Production date: 1555 |
Production place: Made in:Limoges

print

Title: The Prodigal Son |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.5378 |
Producer name: After:Theodoor van ThuldenPublished by:Pieter van den Berge |
Production date: 1648-1699 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Genre scenes with biblical scenes in the background |
Museum number: 1856,0209.292 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob MathamAfter:Pieter Aertsen |
Production date: 1603 |
Production place: Published in:Haarlem

print

Title: The parable of the prodigal son |
Museum number: 1928,1212.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob MathamAfter:Karel van Mander I |
Production date: 1592 |
Production place: Published in:Haarlem

print

Museum number: 1850,0726.2.b |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan SaenredamAfter:Abraham Bloemaert |
Production date: 1603-1605 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.170 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1496

print

Museum number: 1852,0612.57 |
Producer name: BIOG17047 After:Heinrich Aldegrever |
Production date: 1528-1560

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1949,0709.197 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1562

print

Title: L'Historia del figuolo prodigo |
Museum number: V,10.132 |
Producer name: BIOG48220 Print made by:Pietro Testa |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Title: Der verlorne Sohn Die Kaiserliche königliche Bildergalerie im Belved |
Museum number: 1870,1008.754 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sebastian LangerIntermediary draughtsman:Sigmund Ferdinand von Perger |
Production date: 1821-1828

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1842,1112.47 |
Producer name: BIOG146720 Print made by:Monogrammist MT |
Production date: 1543

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6077 |
Producer name: Print made by:RembrandtAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1650-1699

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1842,1112.51 |
Producer name: BIOG146720 Print made by:Monogrammist MT |
Production date: 1543

print

Title: L'enfant Prodigue |
Museum number: 1907,0424.16 |
Producer name: BIOG35331 Print made by:Alphonse Legros |
Production date: 1874

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1842,1112.50 |
Producer name: BIOG146720 Print made by:Monogrammist MT |
Production date: 1541

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1949,0709.198 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1562

print

Museum number: 1855,0609.30 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1756

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1955,1008.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1562

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1842,1112.56 |
Producer name: BIOG146720 Print made by:Monogrammist MT |
Production date: 1541-1543

print

Title: L'istoire de l'enfant prodigue |
Museum number: 1871,0812.4457 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BossePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1621-1676

print

Museum number: 1866,0526.218 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1750s

print; album

Title: Prints engraved in chiaroscuro after original drawings |
Museum number: 1957,1029.6.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:John SkippeAfter:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1809

print

Title: Die drei bussfertigen Sünder vor Christus Berlin Gallery |
Museum number: 1861,0518.1295 |
Producer name: After:Anthony van DyckPrint made by:A Arnold |
Production date: 1850-1860 |
Production place: Printed in:Berlin (city)

print

Title: The Prodigal Son |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.5373 |
Producer name: After:Theodoor van ThuldenPublished by:Pieter van den Berge |
Production date: 1648-1699 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: The Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1882,0812.338 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1540

print

Title: L'istoire de l'enfant prodigue |
Museum number: 1927,1008.126 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BossePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1621-1676

print

Title: Filius Prodigus Schola Italica Picturae |
Museum number: 1856,0510.204 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico CunegoAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: The Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1882,0812.337 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1540

print

Title: Cabinet Reynst Variarum imaginum a celeberrimis artificibus picta |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2621 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jeremias FalckAfter:Johann Liss |
Production date: 1655-1660

print

Title: Diverses figures et griffonnemens |
Museum number: 1862,1011.288 |
Producer name: Print made by:Stefano della BellaPublished by:Israël Henriet |
Production date: 1643-1648 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Die Rückkehr des Verlornen Sohnes Die Kaiserliche königliche Bildergalerie im Belved |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1535 |
Producer name: Print made by:Blasius HöfelAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1821-1828

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1877,0811.948 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.208 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1756

print

Museum number: 1866,0623.107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques de Gheyn IIAfter:Karel van Mander I |
Production date: 1596

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1877,0811.951 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.300 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1750s

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2119 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun |
Museum number: 1851,0326.71 |
Producer name: After:Sebastiaan VranckxPrint made by:L P F Garreau |
Production date: 1785-1790 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: The Prodigal Son |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.7646 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis de WaelPublished by:Pierre Gallays |
Production date: 1658

print

Title: The Prodigal Son |
Museum number: F,3.164 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 Print made by:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1658

print; book-illustration

Museum number: E,7.577.1-8 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1497 |
Production place: Printed in:Basel

print; book-illustration; book

Museum number: 1904,0206.159 |
Producer name: After:Bernard SalomonPublished by:Jean de Tournes |
Production date: 1553-1564 |
Production place: Published in:Lyon

print

Title: The Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1982,U.3243 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1540

print

Title: L'istoire de l'enfant prodigue |
Museum number: 1871,0812.4458 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BossePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1621-1676

print; counterproof

Museum number: F,4.143 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1636

print

Title: L'enfant prodigue Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.341 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste TilliardAfter:Annibale Carracci |
Production date: 1786-1808

print

Title: Der verlorne Sohn Die Kaiserliche königliche Bildergalerie im Belved |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1326 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sebastian LangerIntermediary draughtsman:Sigmund Ferdinand von Perger |
Production date: 1821-1828

print

Title: Story of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1856,0209.129 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claes Jansz. VisscherAfter:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1608

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: D,5.113 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hendrik Hondius IFormerly attributed to:Hendrik Hondius II |
Production date: 1622

print

Title: L'Historia del figuolo prodigo |
Museum number: V,10.131 |
Producer name: BIOG48220 Print made by:Pietro Testa |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1842,1112.49 |
Producer name: BIOG146720 Print made by:Monogrammist MT |
Production date: 1543

print

Museum number: 1837,0616.199 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1538

print

Title: Story of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1856,0209.131 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claes Jansz. VisscherAfter:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1608

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1842,1112.53 |
Producer name: BIOG146720 Print made by:Monogrammist MT |
Production date: 1543

print

Museum number: F,4.144 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1636

print

Title: The Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1930,0111.124 |
Producer name: BIOG33186 Print made by:Eric Stephen Jones |
Production date: 1927

print

Title: L'Historia del figuolo prodigo |
Museum number: V,10.130 |
Producer name: BIOG48220 Print made by:Pietro Testa |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1872,1109.869 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1562

print

Title: L'istoire de l'enfant prodigue |
Museum number: 1871,0812.4453 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BossePublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1621-1676

print

Title: The Prodigal Son |
Museum number: Gg,4B.61 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1540

print

Title: The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1925,0912.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1562

print

Title: Prints engraved in chiaroscuro after original drawings |
Museum number: 1853,0611.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:John SkippeAfter:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1809

print

Title: L'enfant prodige Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.494 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Liénard |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: The Story of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: Nn,7.27 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas de BruynPublished by:Ahasuerus van Londerseel |
Production date: 1594

print

Title: The Story of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: 1873,1213.1832 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas de BruynPublished by:Ahasuerus van Londerseel |
Production date: 1594

print

Title: Réjouissances pour le retour de l'enfant prodigue |
Museum number: 1896,0511.201 |
Producer name: After:Sébastien Leclerc IIPrint made by:Basin |
Production date: 1751 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: L'enfant prodigue dans la plus grande misère |
Museum number: 1896,0511.199 |
Producer name: After:Sébastien Leclerc IIPrint made by:Jacques de Favannes |
Production date: 1751 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: The Prodigal Son |
Museum number: F,3.162 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 Print made by:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1658

print

Title: The Story of the Prodigal Son |
Museum number: Nn,7.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas de BruynPublished by:Ahasuerus van Londerseel |
Production date: 1594

print

Title: The Prodigal Son |
Museum number: F,1.170 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenPublished by:Alexandre Boudan |
Production date: 1621-1669