死者之岛

Arnold Böcklin Swiss

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 800

在1880年至1886年间,勃克林画了这幅画的五个版本,这也成为十九世纪晚期在德国最受青睐的主题。大都会博物馆拥有其中第二版,其赞助人是玛丽·蓓娜。她在1880年 4 月造访勃克林位于佛罗伦萨的画室时,看到勃克林的画架上完成了一半的第一版,那一版本现藏于巴塞尔艺术博物馆。在蓓娜的要求下,勃克林在画中加入了一位穿着白衣的寡妇,她划着船,载着一具裹在布中的棺材向岩石岛划去,岛的悬崖上挖出一个个坟墓,暗指蓓娜的丈夫在数年前去世一事。

Island of the Dead, Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, Basel 1827–1901 San Domenico, Italy), Oil on wood

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