Study of Jesus’ Head for Flevit super Illam
Ca. 1892. Oil on canvas.Not on display
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.