The Return of the Prodigal Sun
1636
15.0 x 13.0 cm
レンブラント・ファン・レイン(1606 – 1669)
光と影の魔術師、レンブラント・ファン・レイン!「夜警」や自画像など、バロック美術の傑作を堪能。オランダ黄金時代の精神を体現する芸術家です。
The parable of the Prodigal Son comes from the Gospel of Luke. This etching depicts a father welcoming home a son who has squandered his inheritance living an immoral life. Rembrandt was intrigued by this story of redemption and compassion, and he returned to this narrative in a painting nearly three decades later. In this version, our attention is solely placed on the redeeming embrace of father and son. The union of the two men raised on a platform creates a pyramidal shape, a compositional technique used by Renaissance artists, and all other lines and activity in the print return our eye to the central form. The broken scribble lines of his previous etchings have been organized into a system of hatching and cross-hatching. This new means of organizing his lines becomes an essential ingredient in the artist’s future etching.
作品詳細
- 作品名: The Return of the Prodigal Sun
- 作家: レンブラント・ファン・レイン
- 制作年: 1636
- 作品サイズ: 15.0 x 13.0 cm
- 技法: Portrait
- 著作権の状態: パブリックドメイン
- カラーパレット: Neutrals
- 彩度: Monochromatic