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 PROCLAMATION, EMANCIPATION. See Emancipation.

PROCLAMATION AT VERSAILLES, Anton von Werner, Emperor of Germany; canvas, H. 15 ft. × 27 ft. The Proclamation of the German Emperor, January 18, 1871, in the Galerie des Glaces of the Château at Versailles. On a carpeted platform stands King William, who has just been proclaimed German Emperor, with the Crown Prince on his right and his son-in-law, the Grand Duke of Baden, on his left; grouped about them are the German sovereigns and princes, Prince Bismarck, who holds the proclamation in his hand, Von Moltke, Von Blumenthal, Von Stosch, Von Hartmann, and many others. The artist, who was present at the scene, has illustrated the moment when the throng wave their helmets and shout their huzzahs.

Prodigal Son, David Teniers, younger, Louvre, Paris.

PRODIGAL SON, Édouard Dubufe, A. T. Stewart Collection, New York. A trilogy, the central panel representing in colours the prodigal's riotous living, the characters in Venetian costumes of Titian's time; the sides (narrow panels in grisaille), left—the swineherd, right—the return home, the father receiving him in the robes of a doge. This is the study of the larger picture (Salon, 1867), which was bought by Mr. Stewart for $30,000, exhibited throughout the United States, and finally burned in the West. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America.—Art Treasures of America, i. 44.

By David Teniers, younger, Louvre, Paris; copper, H. 2 ft. 3 in. × 2 ft. 11 in.; signed, dated 1644. The prodigal son, seated at table, left, before a hostelry, with two courtesans; an old woman, leaning upon a stick, asks alms; a servant pours wine into a glass for the Prodigal, another is coming out of the door, and a third is making out the bill; behind the table, two musicians; at right, background, a river, on the further bank of which the Prodigal is seen kneeling near a hog-trough. Collection of Louis XVI.; sale of M. Blondel de Gagney (1776), 28,999 livres; Dazincourt (?) sale (1783), 25,000 livres. Engraved by J. P. Le Bas.—Filhol, i. Pl. 21; Villot, Cat. Louvre.