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Kurudi kwa Mwana Mpotevu (Le retour de l'enfant prodigue), James Tissot

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Kurudi kwa Mwana Mpotevu (Le retour de l'enfant prodigue)

James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Katika barabara yenye matao na ngazi za mawe, baba amemkumbatia mwanawe kwa nguvu. Mwana ameanguka magotini akiwa na nguo zilizochanika na kuzika uso wake katika joho la baba yake; kofia na fimbo yake viko juu ya mawe ya barabara.

Baba, akiwa na joho la kijivu na mtandio wenye milia ya njano, anainama juu yake. Watumishi na majirani wanatazama kutoka ngazini na mlangoni, na upande wa kulia umbo lililovaa kahawia limeweka mkono usoni.

Kutoka maandiko

  • “Alipokua angali mbali baba yake alimuona” (Luka 15:20)
  • “akaenda mbio na kumkumbatia na kumbusu” (Luka 15:20)

Ubunifu wa msanii

  • Mkutano katika barabara ya mji, si nje mashambani
  • Watazamaji ngazini

Maelezo ya karibu

Baba

Anainama juu ya mwanawe akiwa na joho la kijivu na mtandio wa njano.

Mwana

Amepiga magoti na kumng'ang'ania baba yake.

Kofia na fimbo

Kofia na fimbo yake viko chini.

Watazamaji

Watu wanatazama kutoka ngazini.

James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.185) · Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper · Brooklyn Museum (Commons file page, «Permission»): "This image was uploaded by the Brooklyn Museum as a content partnership, and is considered to have no known copyright restrictions by the institutions of the Brooklyn Museum." — "No known copyright restrictions".