エジプトへの逃避行

ウジェーヌ・ジラルデは、聖書の中の逃避行を壮大な砂漠の冒険へと変貌させました。ここでヨセフは疲れ果てた足取りで先導し、マリアと幼子イエスを乗せたロバを安全な場所へと導いています。背景は紛れもなく、ギザのピラミッドがかすんだ黄金色の夕日に向かって荘厳にそびえ立ち、エジプトへの到着を示しています。洗練されたアカデミック様式で描かれたこの場面は、宗教的な聖像というよりも、ドラマチックな照明と埃っぽいリアリズムに満ちた叙事詩的な歴史映画の一コマのように感じられます。

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