James Jacques Joseph Tissot, 1862 - The return of the prodigal son - fine art print

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This more than 150 year-old masterpiece was created by the master James Jacques Joseph Tissot in 1862. The masterpiece was painted with the size: Height: 115,5 cm, Width: 206 cm. Oil, Canvas (material) was used by the painter as the medium of the painting. The original masterpiece has the following text as inscrption: Date and signature - Bottom left: "James Tissot 1862". What is more, this piece of art forms part of the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris's digital art collection. With courtesy of: Petit Palais Paris (licensed: public domain).Creditline of the artwork: . In addition to that, the alignment is landscape with an image ratio of 16 : 9, which implies that the length is 78% longer than the width.

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The parable of the prodigal son is taken from the Gospel according to Luke. A son who had left the family home with his inheritance quickly spent his money and soon found himself in misery. He later returned imploring kneeling pardon of his father who happily accepted the return of his child. Father welcomes her child in the yard of his rich remains under the curious gaze of residents. Behind a fortified gate are staged roofs of the city and the foothills of a Gothic cathedral. Tissot features the return of the prodigal son in a medieval setting. Its neo-Flemish style recalls the way the painter Henri Leys Antwerp (1815-1869).

This painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1863 along with its counterpart, "The start of the prodigal son", also kept at the Petit Palais. The harsh criticisms that are brought to him because of his neo-Gothic inspiration have contributed to the evolution of his work to the painting of modern life. Tissot will resume later this theme of the prodigal son, but locating the scenes in the nineteenth century.

Biblical scene, the prodigal son, the New Testament Scene