Volume 1
The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types, St. John the Baptist, and other persons of the Old and New Testament / commenced by the late Mrs. Jameson ; continued and completed by Lady Eastlake.
- Anna Brownell Jameson
- Date:
- 1865
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types, St. John the Baptist, and other persons of the Old and New Testament / commenced by the late Mrs. Jameson ; continued and completed by Lady Eastlake. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![A.JJ] Annibale Carracci. The Prodigal Son, kneeling before the door of his father’s house, in ragged garments, weeps and wrings his hands in an agony of sorrow and repentance. The aged father, standing on the threshold, bends down with open arms, in act to pardon and to bless. The contrast between the venerable tenderness, and long sumptuous robes of the old man, and the nakedness and anguish of the young man, which are not without a certain elegance, as remind- ing us of his first estate, are as fine as possible. In the distance is seen the elder brother, who appears to be expressing bis displeasure, and farther off is the slaughter of the fatted calf. And that the reli- gious application of the subject may not be forgotten, the symbolical figure of the ‘ Padre Eterno ’ appears in the sky above, surrounded by a glory of angels, with His hand extended in benediction. I must observe that when the slaughter of the fatted calf is introduced, as in this and many other instances, it has reference to the sacrifice on](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24876239_0001_0425.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
