1648_Return_of_Prodigal_Son_Rembrandt.txt

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 – 1669
The Prodigal Son among the Pigs

pen drawing (16 × 23 cm) — ca. 1645 - 48
British Museum, London

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn biography

This work is linked to Luke 15:17

After wasting all his money, the son struggles to make a living in a land struck by famine. Among the pigs he comes to think it would be better to return home than to be stubborn and die of starvation.

    * 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)