Monday, March 16, 2020

Murillo: The Prodigal Son Restored


National Gallery of Ireland
29 February – 30 August 2020
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), The Prodigal Son Driven Out, 1660s. Oil on canvas. Unframed: 104.5 x 134.5 cm. Framed: 136.2 x 166.4 x 13.5 cm. Presented, Sir Alfred and Lady Beit, 1987 (Beit Collection) NGI.4543. Photo © National Gallery of Ireland. 

Oil painting of group of people watching man depart on horseback
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), The Departure of the Prodigal Son, 1660s. Photo © National Gallery of IrelandCREDIT
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), The Return of the Prodigal Son, c.1660. Oil on canvas. Unframed: 104.5 x 134.5 cm. Presented, Sir Alfred and Lady Beit, 1987 (Beit Collection) NGI.4545. Photo © National Gallery of Ireland.
For the first time in decades, see this series of works by one of the most celebrated painters of the Spanish Golden Age, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682) hanging side by side in the National Gallery of Ireland. Six remarkable paintings depicting the parable of the Prodigal Son have been conserved and researched at the National Gallery of Ireland. Fascinating details uncovered during the conservation project and a number of related prints will be displayed alongside the series, revealing the secrets of the artistic process of this master storyteller.


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