Préault, AugusteFrankrijk, 1809–1879Silence
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Art Institute of Chicago
Zaal220Chicago, Verenigde Staten
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About the sculpture
Auguste Préault created this roundel (a composition with a circular format) for the tomb of Jacob Roblès in Père-Lachaise, a Parisian cemetery. Departing from more conventional, comforting funerary imagery of the period—portraits of the deceased or melancholy images of mourning—Préault instead modeled a stark evocation of death. Here, a frail finger is raised to the lips of a deeply shrouded and skeletal face with heavy-lidded eyes, perhaps marking the frontier between life and death. The sculpture met with immediate acclaim upon its first exhibition and became an icon of Romanticism.
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Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- 2000.46
What it shows
In de catalogus
Bronnen
- Art Institute of Chicago: the museum's own open data · opgehaald 7 dagen geleden
- Afbeelding: Art Institute of Chicago — CC0
