The Return of the Prodigal Son
Rembrandt · 1668
Why it's great
An old father with his hands on the shoulders of a ragged son kneeling before him, who has come home after wasting his money. Rembrandt painted it in about 1668, and it is one of his last and most moving paintings.
Where to see it
📍 Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg, Russia
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Rembrandt van Rijn was born in Leiden in 1606 and moved to Amsterdam in 1631, where he became the most famous painter in Holland. He painted portraits, Bible stories and over eighty self-portraits, and went bankrupt later in life. He died in Amsterdam in 1669.
