The Father’s Joy at Having Found the Child

The image depicts an opulent dining scene set in a richly decorated room with green-patterned walls, large windows adorned with red curtains, and an ornate ceiling with a circular painting. Several elegantly dressed individuals, including men in blue and brown coats and women in elaborate gowns, are gathered around a lavish dining table covered with white cloth and various tableware. A sense of celebration and joy pervades the atmosphere, emphasized by lively body language and animated gestures. In the background, through a grand archway, a distant view of a garden or landscape is visible.

The image depicts an opulent dining scene set in a richly decorated room with green-patterned walls, large windows adorned with red curtains, and an ornate ceiling with a circular painting. Several elegantly dressed individuals, including men in blue and brown coats and women in elaborate gowns, are gathered around a lavish dining table covered with white cloth and various tableware. A sense of celebration and joy pervades the atmosphere, emphasized by lively body language and animated gestures. In the background, through a grand archway, a distant view of a garden or landscape is visible.

Name/Title

The Father’s Joy at Having Found the Child

Entry/Object ID

1998.11.1.6

Description

The reunited family dine at a table, and the center figure makes a toast.

Type of Print

Engraving

Artwork Details

Medium

hand-colored copper engraving

Category

Vault, Biblical, Biblical People, Interior Space, New Testament, Historical
People, Building, Architecture

Made/Created

Artist

Remondini Family

Date made

circa 1790 - circa 1800

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

12-1/2 in

Width

16-7/8 in

Dimension Description

frame size

Height

21-3/4 in

Width

25-7/8 in

Exhibitions

Prodigal Son: Center Art Gallery: September 4 - October 20, 2012
Loan - Prodigal @ Acton Institute, Grand Rapids, MI: May 20 – August 22, 2013
Prodigal Son: Center Art Gallery: November 1 - December 17, 2013
Loan - Prodigal @ First Presbyterian Church - Bonita Springs, Florida: March 10 - April 17, 2014
Loan - Prodigal @ First Congregational Church - Rockford, MI: October 9 - November 16, 2015
Loan - Prodigal @ First Presbyterian Church - Tulsa OK: February 1 - April 18, 2016
Loan - Prodigal Son @ 1st Presbyterian Church - Colorado Springs, CO: February 20 - April 21, 2017
Loan - Prodigal @ Monroe Community Church - Grand Rapids, MI: October 4- December 2, 2023

General Notes

Note

Page 6 in a 6-page series on the prodigal son. The joy of the father for the return of the son. This print is the reverse of the original by Probst, likely used in a Vue d’Optique. Latin: “gaudium patris propter filium inventum” English translation: joy for father, son found Spanish: “regozijo del padre por haver hallado el hijo” English translation: father's joy at having found the child Dutch: “de blydschap des vaders over den wedergevonden zoon” English translation: the joy of the father over the son found again