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Description: | Signed: yes Description: A fine copy of The Women at the Tomb by Ary Scheffer of 1847 in Notre Dame de la Compassion, Paris. It is in an arch-shaped format, and the frame, with an inscription from Matthew XXVIII viii, appears to be original. The women are depicted three-quarter length and dominate the composition. The two younger women are set to the front of the composition, and gaze upward, striking attitudes of piety and awe; the older woman is set behind them at the extreme right. The abbreviated background comprises mountains in shades of grey and blue. | Subjects: | Passion); figure religion (three Maries | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Stattler, Stanislas (Polish painter, ca.1836-ca. 1871) Æ After Scheffer, Ary (Dutch painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1795-1858, active in France) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8350... | Go to resource |
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