The Return of the Prodigal Son
Artist
Govaert Flinck
Dutch, 1615–1660
Datecirca 1640–1642
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions52 11/16 x 67 3/8 in. (133.8 x 171.1 cm)
Frame: 64 1/8 x 78 3/4 in. (162.9 x 200 cm)
Frame: 64 1/8 x 78 3/4 in. (162.9 x 200 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number52.9.41
On View
Not on view[1] Wife of David Becker (1618–1689)
[2] Inventory of April 28, 1685, according to J.O. Kronig, A Catalogue of the Paintings at Doughty House Richmond and Elsewhere in the Collection of Sir Frederick Cook, Vol. 2: The Dutch and Flemish Schools (1914, p. 37)
Published ReferencesC[ornelis] Hofstede de Groot, "Die Rembrandt Ausstellungen zu Amsterdam und zu London," Reportorium für Kunst wissenschaft 22, no. 2 (1899), 164.
A[braham] Bredius, "De Rembrandt-tentoonstelling te London," De Amsterdamer: Weekblad voor Nederland (1899), 23.
A[braham] Bredius, "Die Rembrandt-ausstellung in London," Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 10 (1899), 304.
J. O. Kronig, A Catalogue of the Paintings of Doughty House, Richmond, and Elsewhere in the Collection of Sir Frederick Cook BT (London: William Heinemann, 1913), unpaginated, illus. following p. 37, no. 257.
C[ornelis] Hofstede de Groot, Thieme-Becker Lexikon, Vol. 12 (Leipzig, E.A Seemann, 1916), 98.
M. W. Brockwell, "The Cook Collection, Vol. 2 - The Flemish and Dutch Schools," Connoisseur 48 (1917), 28.
John C. Van Dyke, Rembrandt and His School: A Critical Study of the Master and His Pupils with a New Assignment of their Pictures (New York: Scribner, 1923), 85, listed under “Pictures by Pupils.”
Abridged Catalogue of the Pictures at Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey, in the Collection of Sir Herbert Cook, BART (London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1932), 75, no. 217.
W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 48, illus. (b-w).
W. R. Valentiner, Rembrandt and His Pupils: A Loan Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), cat. no. 35 (in Pupils section), illus. (b-w).
The N.C. Churchman 54, no. 3 (March 1964), illus. cover.
Govert Flinck der Kleefsche Apelles (exhibition catalogue) (Kleve: Städtisches Museum Haus Koekkoek, 1965), cat. no. 9.
"Biennial Report of Public Information Office: State Periodical Coverage," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4 and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), listed 43.
J[oachim] W[olfgang] von Moltke, Govaert Flinck 1615-1660 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1965), cat. no. 52, illus. pl. 9.
Rembrandt and His Pupils (exhibition catalogue) (Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1969), cat. no. 65.
Rembrandt After Three Hundred Years (exhibition catalogue) (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), cat. no. 61, illus.
R[udolph] H[erman] Fuchs, Dutch Painting (The World of Art Library) (London: Thames and Hudson, 1978), cat. no. 51, illus. 78
Barbara Haeger, "The prodigal son in sixteenth and seventeenth-century Netherlandish art: depictions of the parable and the evolution of a Catholic image," Simolius 16 (Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art), no. 2/3 (1986), 135-36, illus. fig. 13.
Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1986), discussed 5, illus. (b-w) 5, fig. 2.
Peter C. Sutton, et al, Masters of 17th-Century Dutch Landscape Painting (exhibition catalogue) (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1988), 314 (catalogue only, not in exhibition).
A. J. [Anthony Janson], "Lievens Painting Featured in Rembrandt Show," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1991), briefly discussed 19, illus. (b-w) 18.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 94.
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Vol. 5 (Landau/Pfalz: Pfälzische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 1983), cat. no 616, illus. (color) 1048 as Ruckkehr des verlorenen Sohnes.
Rembrandt's Students 1: Govaert Flinck (exhibition brochure) (Milwaukee: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1991), no. 4, illus. (b-w).
Dennis Weller, entry for The Return of the Prodigal Son, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 97, 106, illus. (color) 106.
Holly Flora, Images of the Prodigal Son (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Museum of Biblical Art, 2007), discussed 7-9, illus. (color) 8, fig. 5.
Dennis P. Weller, Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings [Systematic Catalogue of the Collection] (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2009), cat. no. 16, illus. (color) 71.
Dennis P. Weller, entry for The Return of the Prodigal Son, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 222, illus. (color) 223.
Eric Jan Sluijter, Rembrandt’s Rivals: History Painting in Amsterdam, 1630–1650 (Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015), briefly discussed and illus. 104, fig. 12.
Patrick Larsen, “The relationship between Govert Flinck and Jürgen Ovens,” in Ferdinand Bol and Govert Flinck: New Research, Stephanie S. Dickey, ed. (Zwolle: W Books, 2017), briefly discussed 186, illus. (color) 187, fig. 12.7.
Joseph Millar, "Govert Flink's The Return of the Prodigal Son" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 156.
Stephanie S. Dickey, ed., Ferdinand Bol and Govert Flinck: New Research, (Zwolle, Netherlands: W Books, 2017), illus. (color)Exhibition HistoryLondon, Royal Academy of Arts, "Rembrandt Exhibition," January 2 -March 11, 1899, cat. no. 89.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Rembrandt and His Pupils: A Loan Exhibition," November 16-December 30, 1956, cat. no. 35 (in Pupils section), illus. (b-w).
Kleve, Städtisches Museum Haus Koekkoek, "Govert Flinck der Kleefsche Apelles," July-September, 1965, cat. no. 9.
Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, "Rembrandt and His Pupils," January 9-February 23, 1969; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, March 14-April 27, 1969, cat. no. 65.
Chicago, IL, The Art Institute of Chicago, "Rembrandt After Three Hundred Years," October 25-December 7, 1969; Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, December 22, 1969-February 1, 1970; Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, February 24-April 5, 1970, cat. no. 61, illus.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, 'Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt," October 25, 1986-February 15, 1987, discussed 5, illus. (b-w) 5, fig. 2.
Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Art Museum, "Rembrandt's Students 1: Govaert Flinck," March 28-June 23, 1991, no. 4, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Dutch Biblical Paintings/Rembrandt Etchings," October 13, 2002-January 5, 2003.
New York, NY, Museum of Biblical Art, "The Art of Forgiveness: Images of the Prodigal Son," October 4, 2007-February 17, 2007, discussed 7- 9, illus. (color) 8, fig. 5.
Object Rights Statement
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) makes images of its collection available online to support research and scholarship and to inform and educate the public. Certain works of art, as well as the photographs of those works of art, may be protected by copyright, trademark, or related interests not owned by the NCMA. The responsibility for ascertaining whether any such rights exist and for obtaining all other necessary permissions remains with the applicant. To request images and/or permissions from the NCMA, please complete our online request form.
There are no works to discover for this record.