James Jacques Joseph Tissot, 1863 - The departure of the prodigal son - fine art print

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The painting depicts the scene of the departure of the prodigal son, the Gospel parable of Luke. This neo-Renaissance work is a direct reference to the Venice painted by Vittore Carpaccio in the "Legend of St. Ursula" from 1490.

Tissot uses the genre painting the codes to treat a biblical subject. Great care is taken to the description of the Venetian sets and costumes. At this table is assigned a while, "Return of the Prodigal Son", also kept at the Petit Palais.

Biblical scene, the prodigal son, the New Testament Scene, Harbor, Crowd, Sailboat, Gondola, Venice

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The modern art artwork The departure of the prodigal son was made by James Jacques Joseph Tissot in 1863. The original version measures the size: Height: 107 cm, Width: 226 cm and was painted on the medium Oil, Canvas (material). Date and signature - Signed and dated lower right: "Tissot J.James 1863" is the artwork's original inscription. Nowadays, the piece of art belongs to the digital collection of Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris, which is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement. With courtesy of: Petit Palais Paris (public domain).: . Besides this, the alignment of the digital reproduction is landscape with an image ratio of 2 : 1, meaning that the length is two times longer than the width.

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