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Giovanna d'Arco

Jules Bastien-Lepage French

1879

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 827

La figura di Giovanna d’Arco, l’eroina nazionale originaria della Lorena, acquistò una nuova risonanza in Francia a seguito della guerra franco-prussiana (1870-71), a causa della quale la Lorena passò alla Germania. Nel corso dei decenni 1870 e 1880 ai Salon di Parigi furono esposte diverse sculture e dipinti raffiguranti la giovane martire medievale. Bastien-Lepage, anch’egli originario della Lorena, presentò questo quadro al Salon del 1880. L’ artista ha raffigurato il momento in cui Giovanna riceve la rivelazione divina nel giardino dei suoi genitori. Molti critici presenti al Salon ritennero che l’apparizione spettrale dei santi, le cui voci erano state udite dall’eroina, contrastasse con il naturalismo tipico dello stile del pittore.

#6014. Giovanna d'Arco

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Joan of Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, Damvillers 1848–1884 Paris), Oil on canvas — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Joan of Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, Damvillers 1848–1884 Paris), Oil on canvas

Joan of Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, Damvillers 1848–1884 Paris), Oil on canvas

Joan of Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, Damvillers 1848–1884 Paris), Oil on canvas

Joan of Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, Damvillers 1848–1884 Paris), Oil on canvas

Joan of Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, Damvillers 1848–1884 Paris), Oil on canvas

Joan of Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, Damvillers 1848–1884 Paris), Oil on canvas

Joan of Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, Damvillers 1848–1884 Paris), Oil on canvas

Joan of Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, Damvillers 1848–1884 Paris), Oil on canvas

Joan of Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage (French, Damvillers 1848–1884 Paris), Oil on canvas

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Fig. 1. Photograph of Jules Bastien-Lepage (from Weisberg 1980, p. 268)

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Fig. 2. Jules Bastien-Lepage, Henri-Alexandre Wallon, 1875, oil on canvas, 103.5 x 81 cm (Château de Versailles)

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Fig. 3. Unknown Artist, Joan of Arc, ca. 1485, miniature (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris)

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Fig. 4. Léon Bénouville, Joan of Arc, 1859, oil on canvas (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims)

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Fig. 5. Eugène Thirion, Jeanne d’Arc, 1876, oil on canvas (Church of Notre Dame, Chatou)

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Fig. 6. Jules Bastien-Lepage, Study for “Joan of Arc,” 1879, black chalk, two sheets, left: 24 3/16 x 18 3/8 in.; right: 24 3/16 x 14 13/16 in. (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven)

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Fig. 7. Jules Bastien-Lepage, Ophelia, 1881, oil on canvas (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy)

Fig. 8. Letter of March 21, 1889, from Erwin Davis to Samuel P. Avery, chairman of the committee on paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, offering this painting and two others as gifts (The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives)

Titolo: Giovanna d'Arco

Artista: Jules Bastien-Lepage, Francese, 1848-1884

Data: 1879

Materiale e tecnica: Olio su tela

Dimensioni: 2,54 x 2,79 m

Crediti: Dono di Erwin Davis, 1889

Numero d'inventario: 89.21.1

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