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Creator Name: Teniers, David (the Younger)
Creator Nationality: European; Belgian
Creator Role: painter
Creator Dates/Places: 1610 - 1690
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: David Teniers the Younger
Title: The Prodigal Son
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1630
Creation End Date: 1650
Creation Date: about 1640
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: Oil on copper
Dimensions: H.22-1/2 x W.30-1/2 in.
Inscriptions: SIGNATURE
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 45.8
Credit Line: The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context: Frame: Replica of a Flemish early 17th century architrave profile cabinet frame. Gift of the Marjorie Engels Memorial Fund and the Paintings Council According to the Bible, the prodigal son was a youth who wasted his wealth on riotous living, then returned home poor and repentant. Here, in a tavern, the prodigal son shares the last of a rich meal with two prostitutes. A large bed looms suggestively behind them. Completing the theme of wine, women, and song, two street musicians play a flute and a violin. On a nearby chair, the young man's bright red cloak and sword suggest the temporary nature of his stay. The artist excluded any reference to the prodigal son's ultimate forgiveness by his loving father, focusing instead on the young man's sins. To make his message against immoral living clear, Teniers included a clothed monkey who is eating an apple, an ancient symbol of love, and dragging a ball and chain. Enslaved to sex, the monkey represents the prodigal son's bondage to vice. Acquired in 1945 45.8
AMICA ID: MIA_.45.8
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights:
?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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