The Return of the Prodigal Son

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oil painting painting

The Return of the Prodigal Son is a late masterpiece by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting the biblical parable of forgiveness and reconciliation with profound emotional depth and dramatic use of light and shadow.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
The Return of the Prodigal Son canonical 2
De terugkeer van de verloren zoon 1
Rembrandt’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son” 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance considered one of Rembrandt's masterpieces ⓘ
major work of Baroque religious art ⓘ
artist Rembrandt van Rijn ⓘ
basedOn Bible ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ
collection Hermitage Museum ⓘ
surface form: State Hermitage Museum
completionDate circa 1669 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic ⓘ
creator Rembrandt van Rijn ⓘ
depicts Parable of the Prodigal Son ⓘ
forgiving father ⓘ
kneeling prodigal son ⓘ
onlooking figures ⓘ
genre religious painting ⓘ
inception circa 1668 ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
locatedIn Russia ⓘ
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
location Hermitage Museum ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
notableFor chiaroscuro ⓘ
dramatic use of light and shadow ⓘ
emotional depth ⓘ
originalTitle The Return of the Prodigal Son self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: De terugkeer van de verloren zoon
originalTitleLanguage Dutch ⓘ
period Rembrandt's late period ⓘ
portrays compassion ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
spiritual redemption ⓘ
style realism ⓘ
tenebrism ⓘ
support canvas ⓘ
theme forgiveness ⓘ
mercy ⓘ
parental love ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
repentance ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rembrandt van Rijn → notableWork → The Return of the Prodigal Son ⓘ
Hermitage Museum → notableWorkHoused → The Return of the Prodigal Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rembrandt’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son”
The Return of the Prodigal Son → originalTitle → The Return of the Prodigal Son self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: De terugkeer van de verloren zoon
Parable of the Prodigal Son → hasNotableArtDepiction → The Return of the Prodigal Son ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt
complete works of Rembrandt → includesNotableWork → The Return of the Prodigal Son ⓘ