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Temporale che si avvicina

1859
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 761
Questo quadro è uno dei primi di una serie limitata dedicata al tema delle tempeste lungo la costa, tra le opere più riuscite e originali di Heade, e l’unico quadro della serie basato sull’osservazione di un evento meteorologico in un luogo preciso: la baia di Narragansett, nel Rhode Island, guardando verso Rocky Neck dall’isola di Prudence. Ignorando le raffigurazioni tradizionali di violenti temporali, Heade rappresentò con grande chiarezza la “calma sinistra”, come la definì un critico dell’epoca, l’inquietante preludio della tempesta quando il cielo si oscura e la terra si copre di una lugubre luce.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Temporale che si avvicina
  • Artista: Martin Johnson Heade, Americano, 1819-1904
  • Data: 1859
  • Materiale e tecnica: Olio su tela
  • Dimensioni: 71,1 x 111,8 cm
  • Crediti: Dono di Erving Wolf Foundation e Mr. Erving Wolf e consorte, in memoria di Diane R. Wolf, 1975
  • Numero d'inventario: 1975.16
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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