Keywords: Thomas Couture - The Prodigal Son - Walters 37848.jpg This painting of the prodigal son as a forlorn youth seated next to a man talking to a young woman is a replica of a work exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1841 The original version was destroyed in the Chicago Fire of 1971 1850 Oil on canvas cm 33 6 26 accession number 37 848 4761 E -L Jacibson The Hague Sale Paris 1876 no 21 M Leblanc-Barbedienne Sale Paris 1892 no 27 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters T Couture/1850 signed at left place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D Thomas Couture French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1850s paintings from France 1850 paintings |