1659
unspecified
From the collection of Museo del Prado
La despedida del hijo pródigo, de Murillo (Museo del Prado) is a 1659 unspecified by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, a Spanish Baroque Tenebrist work, held at Museo del Prado.
This painting depicts a man on horseback, wearing a red cloak, riding away from a group of people standing on a stone platform. The man is turned to face the group, and they appear to be bidding him farewell. In the background, there is a body of water with a boat and another person on horseback. The overall atmosphere of the painting is one of departure and longing. To learn more about the artist behind this work, look up Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ( mure-IL-oh, m(y)uu-REE-oh, Spanish: ; late December 1617, baptised 1 January 1618 – 3 April 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter.
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