THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN

Artist SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER (1836-1919)

Date1869

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions119.7 × 91.8 cm (47 1/8 × 36 1/8") (Image)
Frame: 164.8 × 139.4 × 12.7 cm (64 7/8 × 54 7/8 × 5")

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Ira and Mary Lou Fulton.

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Object number050250000

DescriptionImage of a father embracing his son. The father is stepping down to meet his son who steps up to embrace him. The father wears a blue robe with a darker blue cloth wrapped around him. He wears a red headdress. The son wears a dirty, worn cloth tied around his body. They stand at the bottom of a stone staircase with a few various plants surrounding them. Ears of corn hang against the wall.

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