The Return of the Prodigal Son by Simeon Solomon (1857)

Painting of a bearded elder in red robes embracing a gaunt, half-naked young man on a terrace under a crescent moon.

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An oil-style painting shows a gaunt, nearly naked young man leaning backward into the arms of a bearded elder in a long red robe, who holds a staff with a curved handle. The pair stand on a pale tiled terrace beneath a dim sky with a thin crescent moon, and the elder gazes upward. This work, titled The Return of the Prodigal Son, is attributed to Simeon Solomon and dated 1857.

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1857

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