Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
, Spanish, 1617-1682
Title
The Departure of the Prodigal SonDate1660s
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
104.5 x 134.5 cm
Credit LinePresented, Sir Alfred and Lady Beit, 1987 (Beit Collection)
Object numberNGI.4541
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
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
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