Louis Candide Boulanger, 1836 - King Lear and his fool during the storm - fine art print

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Additional artwork information from the museum (© - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris)

Baker draws on the play "King Lear" written in 1606 by William Shakespeare. The king old, betrayed by two of his three daughters to whom he transmitted his kingdom, says the collapse of the values ​​that founded his authoritarian rule. As told in the stage 2 of Act III, the king reduced to poverty and wandering, goes insane. The hostility of the rocky landscape echoes the torment of the character.

Louis Boulanger regularly covered topics literary. He found inspiration here in a Shakespeare play whose work was at that time rediscovered by Romantic artists. Despite the success runaway experienced by the painter at the Salon of 1827, this work was refused at the 1836 Salon.

Lear, King of Britain (literary character); Mad King Lear (literary character)

literary scene, King Lear, William Shakespeare, King - Queen, Jester - Mad, Madness, Storm, Rock, Beard

Information about the art replica of the painting "King Lear and his fool during the storm"

The more than 180 year-old masterpiece King Lear and his fool during the storm was made by the master Louis Candide Boulanger. The original was painted with the size: Height: 65,5 cm, Width: 54,2 cm. Oil painting was applied by the artist as the medium of the piece of art. Signature - Bottom right: "L. Boulanger" was the masterpiece's original inscription. Besides, this work of art can be viewed in in the digital collection of Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris, which is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement. This modern art public domain masterpiece is provided with courtesy of Petit Palais Paris.Creditline of the artwork: . In addition to this, the alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with an aspect ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width.

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