Curator’s inspection
The Return of the Prodigal Son

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The Return of the Prodigal Son

A father's two different hands rest on a shaven, kneeling son — mercy painted at the end of a life of loss.

Painted in Rembrandt's final years, after the deaths of his wife, son and partner.

The parable is from Luke 15; the elder brother stands at right, upright and unmoved.

Source: Wikimedia Commons. Public domain work; reproduction licence as listed at source.