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El rapto de Rebeca

1846
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 801
Las novelas de sir Walter Scott inspiraron a Delacroix a lo largo de su carrera, como lo demuestra esta escena de Ivanhoe. Rebeca, encerrada en un castillo, es raptada por esclavos sarracenos bajo el mando de Bois-Guilbert, un caballero cristiano que lleva mucho tiempo deseándola. Las posturas contorsionadas y el espacio comprimido crean un ambiente de gran dramatismo y bruscas transiciones; el primer plano domina un profundo valle detrás del cual surge en el fondo una fortaleza. En el Salón de 1846 en París, los críticos censuraron el carácter excesivamente romántico del cuadro; no obstante, Baudelaire escribió: «la pintura de Delacroix es como la naturaleza; tiene horror al vacío».

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: El rapto de Rebeca
  • Artista: Eugène Delacroix, francés, 1798–1863
  • Fecha: 1846
  • Material: Óleo sobre lienzo
  • Dimensiones: 100,3 x 81,9 cm
  • Crédito: Colección de Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, Fondo Wolfe, 1903
  • Número de inventario: 03.30
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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