Léon Riesener, 1854 - Sketch for the Saint Eustache church: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt - The Presentation in the Temple - fine art print

(© - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris)

The sketch is divided horizontally into three parts; the lower register, evoking the architecture of the chapel in which the decoration is intended, is not embellished. The upper register represents the Flight into Egypt in a landscape where palm trees indicate the oriental character, Mary and Joseph are looking at the infant Jesus, while two angels flying above their heads. Downstairs, the Presentation in the Temple: the Virgin holding the child and presents Simeon, who recognizes in him the long-awaited Messiah. They are surrounded by numerous figures in tunics on the tiled steps of the temple and behind the pillars.

In December 1854 Léon Riesener is charged by the Department of the Seine to decorate the walls east and west of the chapel called Compassion or of Sorrows (third span left) of the Saint-Eustache church in Paris. On each narrow wall, Riesener painted two biblical scenes one above the other, separated by a text: on the west wall, the Presentation in the Temple and a stopover on the flight into Egypt of the Holy Family, separated from the inscription: "Your soul will be pierced by a sword." On the east wall, the Carrying of the Cross and the Crucifixion, with the text: "The Lord is my share."

Christ Jesus; Marie Sainte (Virgin, biblical character); Joseph (St); Simon or Simeon (said wise saint)

Biblical scene from the New Testament scene, Presentation in the Temple, Temple, Flight into Egypt, Angel, Egypt

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Sketch for the Saint Eustache church: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt - The Presentation in the Temple is an artwork painted by the artist Léon Riesener. The version of the work of art has the following size - Height: 100 cm, Width: 29,5 cm and was painted on the medium Oil, Canvas (material). It can be viewed in in the art collection of Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris. With courtesy of Petit Palais Paris (public domain).The creditline of the artwork is the following: . What is more, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in landscape format with a ratio of 4 : 3, which means that the length is 33% longer than the width.

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