# The Return of the Prodigal Son

- By: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617 - 1682)
- Date: 1667/1670
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 236.3 x 261 cm (93 1/16 x 102 3/4 in.) ; framed: 262.9 x 286.4 x 8.6 cm (103 1/2 x 112 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
- Culture: Spanish
- Credit line: Gift of the Avalon Foundation
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.34956.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/676fa96e-ad4e-4209-b985-ae0c15f5d902/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)