Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Workshop of - The Death of Hercules
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Workshop of - The Death of Hercules
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Workshop of - The Death of Hercules
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Workshop of - The Death of Hercules
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Workshop of - The Death of Hercules
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Workshop of - The Death of Hercules
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Workshop of - The Death of Hercules
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Workshop of - The Death of Hercules

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Workshop of - The Death of Hercules
Date:
22/11/2024
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stof
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Red

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Workshop of - The Death of Hercules

Dette bemærkelsesværdigt friske og spontane maleri, der stammer fra omkring 1770, kommer fra Jean-Honoré Fragonards værksted. Det er bestemt en skitse til et større værk, der aldrig er blevet realiseret. Fragonard, som andre store franske malere i det 18. århundrede, plejede at udvikle sine projekter i værkstedet, hvilket gav input af ideer, og forskellige hænder greb ind på lærredet. Når det er sagt, kan en direkte involvering af mesteren i udførelsen ikke udelukkes givet den enestående kvalitet af nærværende skitse. Historien om Hercules' død er emnet for et af Sofokles' mest kendte tragiske skuespil, "Trachiniae" eller "Kvinderne fra Trachis". Til fælles med andre græske tragedier. dette stykke udforskede de forstyrrende og forfærdelige konsekvenser, når guder og dødelige interagerede. Hercules dør som følge af et bedrag, som kentauren Nessus spillede mod hans kone Deianira. Deianira sender Hercules som en gave en kappe gennemvædet af kentaurens blod, som hun mener er en talisman af kærlighed. Men kappen, når den er båret, tærer heltens kød. Herkules, døende, beordrer et bål, der skal gøres klar til ham på bjerget Oeta og lader hans krop blive fortæret af ild. Imidlertid er hans skæbne blandt de udødelige: Helten bydes velkommen til Olympus blandt guderne, hvor han har Hebe, ungdommens gudinde, som sin brud. Født i 1732 i Grasse, Frankrig, er Jean-Honoré Fragonard måske synonym med den franske rokokostil. Fragonards familie flyttede til Paris i 1738, hvor hans talent for maleri blev anerkendt tidligt, og som attenårig kom han til François Bouchers atelier. I 1832 konkurrerede han for Prix de Rome for første gang og vandt den prestigefyldte konkurrence. Kort efter dette, og ved hjælp af sine præstationer, påtog han sig formel uddannelse i historiemaling ved École Royale de Élèves Protégés, Paris, før han tog videreuddannelse ved det franske akademi i Rom mellem 1756 og 1761. Fragonard vendte tilbage til Paris i 1761, og hans karriere begyndte at blomstre; han var så eftertragtet, at han var i stand til at afvise kongelige opgaver for i stedet at arbejde for private samlere, et karrierevalg, der tillod ham frit at udvikle sin personlige stil. Størstedelen af hans oeuvre er præget af en høj grad af dekorativitet, livlighed og endda hedonisme i form af hans almindelige brug af klassiske og allegoriske emner. Senere i hans karriere skiftede smag til nyklassicisme, en stil, der var i modstrid med hans egen, og hans karriere faldt i stejlt fald. Den franske revolution formindskede Fragonards udsigter yderligere, og efter krigen havde han adskillige administrative stillinger på Louvre, før han døde i relativ uklarhed i 1806. På trods af trængslerne fra Fragonards sene kunstneriske bestræbelser er hans værk blevet værdsat af mange store samlinger, herunder Frick Collection, New York; Louvre-museet, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; og Eremitagemuseet, Sankt Petersborg. Se J.-P Cuzin, Fragonard, vie et oeuvre, Paris 1982; P. Rosenberg, Tout l'œuvre peint de Fragonard, Paris 1989.

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This remarkably fresh and spontaneous painting, which dates from around 1770, comes from the workshop of Jean-Honoré Fragonard. It is certainly a sketch for a larger work that was never realized. Fragonard, like other great French painters of the 18th century, used to develop his projects in the workshop, which provided input from ideas, and various hands intervened on the canvas. That said, direct involvement of the master in the execution cannot be ruled out given the outstanding quality of the present sketch. The story of Hercules' death is the subject of one of Sophocles' best-known tragic plays, "Trachiniae" or "The Women of Trachis". In common with other Greek tragedies. this piece explored the disturbing and terrible consequences when gods and mortals interacted. Hercules dies as a result of a trick that the centaur Nessus played on his wife Deianira. Deianira sends Hercules as a gift a cloak soaked in the centaur's blood, which she believes is a talisman of love. But the cloak, when worn, gnaws at the hero's flesh. Hercules, dying, orders a bonfire to be made ready for him on Mount Oeta and lets his body be consumed by fire. However, his fate is among the immortals: The hero is welcomed to Olympus among the gods, where he has Hebe, the goddess of youth, as his bride. Born in 1732 in Grasse, France, Jean-Honoré Fragonard is perhaps synonymous with the French Rococo style. Fragonard's family moved to Paris in 1738, where his talent for painting was recognized early, and at the age of eighteen he joined François Boucher's studio. In 1832 he competed for the Prix de Rome for the first time and won the prestigious competition. Shortly after this, and aided by his achievements, he undertook formal training in history painting at the École Royale de Élèves Protégés, Paris, before further training at the French Academy in Rome between 1756 and 1761. Fragonard returned to Paris in 1761, and his career began to flourish; he was so sought after that he was able to decline royal commissions to work instead for private collectors, a career choice that allowed him to freely develop his personal style. The majority of his oeuvre is characterized by a high degree of decorativeness, vivacity, and even hedonism in the form of his common use of classical and allegorical subjects. Later in his career, tastes shifted towards Neoclassicism, a style at odds with his own, and his career declined sharply. The French Revolution further diminished Fragonard's prospects, and after the war he held several administrative positions at the Louvre, before dying in relative obscurity in 1806. Despite the troubles of Fragonard's late artistic endeavors, his work has been prized by many great collections, including the Frick Collection, New York; the Louvre Museum, Paris; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; and the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. See J.-P Cuzin, Fragonard, vie et oeuvre, Paris 1982; P. Rosenberg, Tout l'œuvre peint de Fragonard, Paris 1989.

stof
Maleri
Red
Amount: 1
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