Constantin MeunierBelgique
The Pardon
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Elle ne reçoit pas en ce moment
Victoria and Albert Museum
Londres, Royaume-Uni
Elle appartient à la collection, mais n’est pas présentée en ce moment.
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- Source
- Le musée
À propos de la sculpture
Meunier's model for this group showing the return of the prodigal son was first exhibited in 1892. The composition was reworked following the deaths of the sculptor's sons. In its stark realism and emotional directness it closely resembles Meunier's sculptures of miners from the Belgian coalfields, also described in Zola's novels at this period. Manual labour was then an important sculptural theme, sometimes treated in a more overtly political way, as in Dalou's projected Monument to Labour.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- 764-1899
Au catalogue
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image : Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
