Parables of Mercy

An oil painting by Rembrandt based on Luke 15: 11-32. Painted in Holland, circa 1668 and is part of the Hermitage Museum collection.
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Painted in 1773 this painting of the prodigal son returning home is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. The Parable of the Prodigal and his brother is found in the Gospel of Luke.

Pompeo Batoni [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

This etching completed circa 1882 is one of five in a series retelling the Biblical story of the Prodigal Son set in the late nineteenth century.

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James Jacques Joseph Tissot
French, 1836 - 1902
The Return, 1882 etching on laid paper
plate: 31 x 37 cm (12 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.) sheet: 47 x 58.5 cm (18 1/2 x 23 1/16 in.) Gift of Ruth Benedict
1985.45.4

This watercolour was created between 1886-1894 and depicts the return of the prodigal son from the Parable of the Prodigal and His brother.
The Return of the Prodigal Son - James Tissot

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Information about Albrecht Dürer's, 'The Prodigal Son created circa. 1496, is available on Artsy

Albrecht Dürer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Father Blessing His Prodigal Son, with Fox Devil - Sadao Watanabe 1983
This work depicts the reunion of the prodigal son and his father, from a parable told by Jesus.
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Painted in 1849 by Eugene Delacroix this painting depicts the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Eugène Delacroix [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Created in 1890 based on a painting by Delacroix.

Painted in 1852
George Frederic Watts [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Located on the campus of Loma Linda University & Medical Center, this bronze sculpture has come to be a signature-piece for this Christian institution, since the contemporary interpretation of the parable in St. Luke's Gospel speaks of compassion and healing that extends across human barriers of class and racial prejudice.

The Parable of the Lost Coin from the Gospel of Luke is one of three parables about God's mercy.

James Tissot [Public domain]. Brooklyn Museum