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Oil painting of an old man in a red cloak embracing a kneeling young man, with onlookers in shadow and a bearded man with a staff at right.

The Return of the Prodigal Son

An elderly bearded man in a red cloak rests his hands on the head of a kneeling young man in tattered, pale garments. Onlookers stand and sit in the shadowy background, including a bearded man in a turban holding a staff at right, in a warm, dark oil painting lit on the central figures.

Artist
Rembrandt
Date
1668
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3065 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1668; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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