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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo , Spanish, 1617-1682

Title

The Prodigal Son Feasting

Date1660s

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions

104.5 x 135.5 cm

Credit LinePresented, Sir Alfred and Lady Beit, 1987 (Beit Collection)

Object numberNGI.4542

ProvenancePossibly acquired by Don Jerónimo de Eguía, Marqués de Narros, who arrived in Seville in 1696 as President of the Casa de Contratacíon; Marqués de Narros, Castillo de Campo Zarana, Zarauz (Guipúzcoa), early ninenteenth century; José de Madrazo, Madrid; Marqués de Salamanca, c.1850; Marqués de Salamanca sale, Paris, 6 March 1867, lots 13-17 (the series) where bought by the Earl of Dudley; purchased, Mr Alfred Beit, 1896; collection Mr. Alfred Beit, Park Lane, London, until 1906 when inherited by his brother, sir Otto Beit, Belgrave Square, London; by inheritance to his son, Sir Alfred Beit, London, 1930; collection of Sir Alfred and Lady Beit , Russborough, county Wicklow, 1953-1987; presented, Sir Alfred and Lady Beit, 1987Exhibition HistoryNational Exhibition of Works of Art, Leeds, 1868

Exhibition of Works of the Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1871

Spanish Art, The New Gallery, London, 1895-1896

Exhibition of the Works of Spanish Painters, Guildhall Gallery, London, 1901

An Exhibition of Spanish Paintings, The Arts Council, National Gallery, London, 1947

Old Master Piantings from the Beit Collection, National Gallery of South Africa, Cape Town, 1949-1950

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Prado, Madrid; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1982-1983

El Siglo de Oro - Die Ära Velázquez [Berlin]- Spain's Golden Age. The Era of Velazquez in
Painting and Sculpture [Munich], Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, 01 July 2016 to 30 October 2016: Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 25 November 2016 to 26 March 2017

Murillo IV Centenario, Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla, Seville, 28 November 2018 - 17 March 2019

Murillo: The Prodigal Son, The Bowes Museum, Durham, UK, 26 September 2020-17 January 2021

Murillo: The Prodigal Son, Museo Nacional del Prado, Spain, 21 September 2021 - 23 January 2022

Murillo. From Heaven to Earth, Kimbell Art Musuem, Texas, 18 September 2022 - 29 January 2023