A popular parable from the New Testament (Luke 15:11-32) about forgiving and remorse.
Related works of art:
Dürer, Albrecht: The Prodigal Son among the Pigs (1497)
Dürer, Albrecht: The Prodigal Son among the Pigs (prep.) (1497)
Il Guercino: The Return of the Prodigal Son (1619) (1619)
Il Guercino: The Return of the Prodigal Son (1655) (1654-1655)
Rembrandt: The Prodigal Son among the Pigs (ca. 1645 - 48)
Rembrandt: The Prodigal Son Wastes his Inheritance (ca. 1636)
Rembrandt: The Return of the Prodigal Son (1636) (1636)
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Rembrandt: The Return of the Prodigal Son (1668) (1668-69)
Tissot, James: The Prodigal Son in Modern Life: The Return (1882) (c. 1882)
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