William HogarthInghilterra, 1697–1764Paulus voor Felix
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- Fonte
- Il museo
Sull’opera
Con le parole del museo — in olandese
Tekst in het Engels op de verscheurde brief en in de ondermarge. De apostel Paulus staat op een kruk voor het gerecht van Caesarea en richt zich tot Felix de gouverneur en procurator van Judea. Zijn vrouw Drusilla zit naast hem. De man links verscheurt een brief die aan Felix overhandigd had moeten worden ten behoeve van het lot van Paulus. De magistraten knijpen hun neus dicht.
Rijksmuseum
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- Numero di inventario
- RP-P-1904-2820
Che cosa raffigura
In catalogo
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- Rijksmuseum
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Nella vita di William Hogarth
Tutta la vita1712–1764 · Luogo di lavoro
London
1749
A country house in Chiswick
In 1749 Hogarth bought a country retreat in Chiswick — now Hogarth’s House, a museum — and spent time there for the rest of his life; his main home remained the house in Leicester Fields (now Leicester Square).
1753
The treatise “The Analysis of Beauty”
In 1753 Hogarth published the treatise “The Analysis of Beauty”, in which he declared the S-shaped “line of beauty” — a serpentine line that conveys life and movement — the basis of harmony, and made it his emblem. His adherents praised the book as a fine statement on aesthetics, while enemies and rivals such as Paul Sandby mocked its obscurities and minor errors in endless caricatures.
