The Prodigal Son (Barnard)
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The Prodigal Son (modeled 1904) is a sculpture group by George Grey Barnard that depicts the loving reunion of the father and son from the New Testament "Parable of the Prodigal Son."[1]
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Artist | George Grey Barnard |
Year | modeled 1904 carved 1906, 1909 |
Type | Carrara marble |
Location | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Louisville, Kentucky (replica); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (reduced size replica) |
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Three examples exist in marble:
- Original: Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, marble, 81.25 in (206.4 cm) x 54 in (140 cm) x 60.5 in (154 cm), carved by Florio Piccirilli in New York City, 1909.[2] One of Barnard's sixteen twice-life-size figures in the sculpture groups that flank the Capitol's main entrance.[3]
- Replica: Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, marble, 81.25 in (206.4 cm) x 54 in (140 cm) x 60.5 in (154 cm), carved by Furio Piccirilli in New York City, 1909.[2] Installed outside the museum's main entrance.[4]
- Reduced-size replica: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, marble, 37 in (94 cm) x 24.5 in (62 cm) x 18 in (46 cm), carved by Barnard outside Paris, 1906.[1] Exhibited inside the museum.[5]
A plaster example of The Prodigal Son was shown in the 1963 centenary exhibition of Barnard's work,[6] but is currently unlocated.