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The Prodigal Son or The Reconciliation, 1895

  • bronze
  • 85 x 90 x 38 cm
  • Inv. 1895-H

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Artist

Constantin Meunier RKD VIAF Wikidata
Etterbeek (Brussels) 1831 - Ixelles 1905
sculptorsAAT

Title The Prodigal Son or The Reconciliation
Date 1895
Period 19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) on the reverse: C. Meunier
Collection sculpture AAT
Object type bronze AAT
Inventory number 1895-H
Acquisition credit purchase
Meunier, Constantin
1895
Current whereabouts Work on display
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/13/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass
31A2321 leaning forward Iconclass
31A233 kneeling figure Iconclass
31A234 squatting, crouching figure Iconclass
31A235 sitting figure Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
42G2111 father (first degree family relationships) Iconclass
42G2121 son (first degree family relationships) Iconclass
57A74 Forgivingness Iconclass
57A741 Pardon; 'Perdono' (Ripa) Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
73C86 parables and proverbial sayings of Christ ~ human and divine love Iconclass
73C864 the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32) Iconclass
73C8646 the prodigal son returns home, where his father awaits him Iconclass
73C86461 the prodigal son kneels before his father who takes him in his arms Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
history paintings AAT
Les peintres flamands du XIXe siècle / Pol De Mont, Max Rooses. - Anvers : L.H. Smeding, 1902 (p. 3-26)
Catalogue du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, publié par les soins de la Commision directrice / Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Albert Dutry, Joseph Casier, Louis Maeterlinck. - Gand : Imprimerie C. Annoot-Braeckman, 1909 ; Gand : Ad. Hoste, 1909 (p. 156)
Veertig kunstenaars rond Karel van de Woestijne : Karel van de Woestijne (1878-1929) en de kunst van zijn tijd met uittreksels uit zijn geschriften over kunst (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 20.01 - 11.03.1979) / Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1979 (nr 180, p.94-95)
De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 198 (ill.))
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