Christ and the Samaritan Woman (de Troy)
| Christ and the Samaritan Woman | |
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| Artist | Jean-François de Troy |
| Year | 1742 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 1.96 cm × 1.87 cm (0.77 in × 0.74 in) |
| Location | Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon |
Christ and the Samaritan Woman is a painting of 1742 by Jean-François de Troy depicting the biblical episode of the Samaritan woman at the well. It is one of a series of six paintings commissioned to the artist by Archbishop Pierre Guérin de Tencin and his archepiscopal palace at Lyon; the others were The Death of Lucretia, The Death of Cleopatra, The Judgement of Solomon, The Idolatry of Solomon and The Woman Caught in Adultery. It is now at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.[1]
Description
[edit]The paintinf depicts, in the foreground, Jesus, who is seated near Jacob's Well, while speaking to the kneeling Samaritan woman. In the distance, the nearby city of Sychar, enclosed within its ramparts, is visible, spreading along a hill. Two Apostles of Jesus, depicted as bearded men, who are returning from the city, watch the scene, at the left, with their physiognomies and gestures expressing astonishment and disapproval. The life-size figures appear cramped whole filling the frame of the painting. The painter is concerned not with any historical truth, but with the picturesque or exotic details in the depiction of the settings, clothing and hairstyles of the Biblical figures.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ M. F. Amigues-de Uffrédi, S. Charret-Berthon and M. F. Pérez (dir.), Tableaux français du xviie et du xviiie siècles au musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon: mémoire de maîtrise d’histoire de l’art dans l’université Lumière, April 1989 (in French)
- ^ M. F. Amigues-de Uffrédi, S. Charret-Berthon and M. F. Pérez (dir.), Tableaux français du xviie et du xviiie siècles au musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon: mémoire de maîtrise d’histoire de l’art dans l’université Lumière, April 1989 (in French)