In this study of Jesus’ head, enhanced by a small arc of bright, pale-yellow light - a modern halo -, Simonet experimented with the effects of an extreme, very complicated illumination, with the rising sun behind Jesus’ back and the reflection of the setting moon in front of him. The frame, the artist’s original, reveals the interest the work held for him.
Sauret, Teresa, Enrique Simonet y Lombardo. Formación y madurez, Museo del Patrimonio Municipal, Málaga, 2010, pp. 96-97.
Barón, Javier, 'Enrique Simonet Lombardo. Estudio de cabeza de Jesús para
Flevit super illam, h. 1892. Estudio de apóstol para Flevit super illam, h.1892', Museo Nacional del Prado. Memoria de actividades 2023, Madrid, 2024, pp. 108-111.
Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 3106.
E. Simonet
Signed.
Front, lower left corner
FLEVIT SUPER ILLAM
Stretcher
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