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Rembrandt's Prodigal Son
Paintings
The Prodigal Son in the TavernThe Prodigal Son in the Tavern is a painting by the Dutch master
Rembrandt. It is housed in the Gemδldegalerie Alte Meister of Dresden,
Germany. Is is signed "REMBRANDT F.".
It portrays two people whom had been identified as Rembrandt himself
and his wife Saskia. In the Protestant contemporary world, the theme
of the prodigal son was a frequent subject for works of art due to its
moral background. Rembrandt himself painted a Return of the Prodigal
Son in 1669.
The left side of the canvas was cut, perhaps by the artist himself, to
remove secondary characters and focus the observer's attention on the
main theme.
Return of the Prodigal Son.
Story of the Prodigal Son from
the Bible More from
Luke's
Gospel
Luke 15:11-32
LU 15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
LU 15:12 And the younger of them said
to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to
me. And he divided unto them his living.
LU 15:13 And not many days after the
younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far
country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
LU 15:14 And when he had spent all,
there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
LU 15:15 And he went and joined himself
to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed
swine.
LU 15:16 And he would fain have filled
his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto
him.
LU 15:17 And when he came to himself,
he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and
to spare, and I perish with hunger!
LU 15:18 I will arise and go to my
father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven,
and before thee,
LU 15:19 And am no more worthy to be
called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
LU 15:20 And he arose, and came to his
father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and
had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
LU 15:21 And the son said unto him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more
worthy to be called thy son.
LU 15:22 But the father said to his
servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring
on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
LU 15:23 And bring hither the fatted
calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
LU 15:24 For this my son was dead, and
is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
LU 15:25 Now his elder son was in the
field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and
dancing.
LU 15:26 And he called one of the
servants, and asked what these things meant.
LU 15:27 And he said unto him, Thy
brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because
he hath received him safe and sound.
LU 15:28 And he was angry, and would
not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him.
LU 15:29 And he answering said to his
father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I
at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that
I might make merry with my friends:
LU 15:30 But as soon as this thy son
was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast
killed for him the fatted calf.
LU 15:31 And he said unto him, Son,
thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
LU 15:32 It was meet that we should
make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive
again; and was lost, and is found.
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