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 Subject treated also by Gerard Honthorst, Munich Gallery; Jacob Jordaens, Dresden Museum; Guercino, Vienna and Turin Museums; Lionello Spada, Louvre; Pompeo Battoni (1773), Vienna Museum; Rembrandt, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Il Calabrese, Naples Museum; Leandro Bassano, Madrid Museum; Jacopo Bassano, Marquis of Exeter; Domenico Feti, Dresden Gallery; Salvator Rosa, Hermitage; Théodore Chassériau (Salon, 1836); A. Masson (Salon, 1839); James Tissot (Salon, 1863); Alphonse Legros (1865); Jean Fauvelet (Salon, 1869).

PRODIGAL SON RECEIVING HIS PORTION, Murillo, Dudley House, London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 5 in. × 4 ft. 5 in. The aged father, seated at end of a table, looks anxiously at his son, who is grasping a bag of gold; on left, behind the father, the prodigal's brother and sister—the brother said to be a portrait of Murillo. Salamanca sale (1867), 28,500 francs. Belonged once, with four others of the series (now in Dudley House), to the Marquis de Narros, Château de Campo Zarana; afterward to Don José de Madrazo. Sketch in Madrid Museum.—Curtis, 193.

PRODIGAL SON LEAVING HOME, Murillo, Dudley House, London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 5 in. × 4 ft. 5 in. Wearing a purple mantle, and mounted on a chestnut horse, with a plumed hat in his hand, he salutes his parents and his brother and sister, who stand in the door of their house; on left, middle distance, loaded mules driven along a road. Salamanca sale (1867), 32,000 francs. Companion to preceding; same history.—Curtis, 193.

PRODIGAL SON FEASTING, Murillo, Dudley House, London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 5 in. × 4 ft. 5 in. Seated at table, wearing a red doublet and plumed hat, receiving a cup of wine, offered by a page on a salver; his left hand is on the shoulder of a courtesan seated beside him; on right, another courtesan seated, behind whom is a servant with a plate; in foreground, left, a musician playing a guitar; a dog thrusts his head from under the table-cloth; background, a red curtain fastened to columns; on right, landscape and entrance to a park. Salamanca sale (1867), 73,000 francs. Companion to preceding; same history. Sketch in Madrid Museum.—Curtis, 194.

Return of Prodigal Son, Murillo, Stafford House, London.

PRODIGAL SON BEGGING, Murillo, Dudley House, London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 5 in. × 4 ft. 5 in. The Prodigal fleeing, a dog leaping up before him barking, pursued by a man with a drawn sword, two young women (one with a broom, the other with a stick), and an old woman with a staff; on left, a house; on right, landscape and sky. Salamanca sale (1867), 35,000 francs. Companion to preceding; same history.—Curtis, 194.

PRODIGAL SON FEEDING SWINE, Murillo, Dudley House, London; canvas, H.