# The Prodigal Son [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ROSA, Salvator]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 254 x 201 cm ## Commentary The Prodigal Son 1651-55 Oil on canvas, 254 x 201 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The Prodigal Son is depicted as a shepherd from southern Italy, being deep in troubled thought. ## Related artworks - [A Battle Scene]() - [A Friar Tempted by Demons]() - [Anchorites Tempted by Demons]() - [Democritus in Meditation]() - [Democritus in Meditation]() - [Diogenes Casting away his Cup]() - [Evening Landscape]() - [Grotto with Cascades]() - [Harbour with Ruins]() - [Heroic Battle]() - [Human Fragility]() - [Marine Landscape with Towers]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()