Sujet

Ruth, 1872. Creator: William Brodie.

Légende

Ruth, 1872. In the Bible the Book of Ruth relates how Ruth, recently widowed, went to visit her mother-in-law, Naomi. She was allowed to glean corn in the fields of Naomi's kinsmen, one of whom she later married. In this sculpture, Ruth is identified by the fact that she is holding some wheat. She is dressed in classicized biblical dress and wears sandals. In spite of her classical dress and biblical source, however, she could also be seen to represent a Victorian vision of the 'fortunate' poor.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM26A10_385

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

24.1Mo (777.9Ko) / 17.8cm x 33.9cm / 2105 x 4000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait standing female women woman people footwear shoes religious stone arts country marriage religion wheat sculpture art clothes British museum color Scotland Neo-classical marble Christianity dress poor poverty location SCOTTISH Victorian century gallery Britain shoe image Bible clothing studio shot Biblical cream sandal sandals concept APPAREL full length posture full-length sincere sincerity fortunate art gallery Colour Realism Old Testament hand on chest 19th century figurative Neoclassical Neoclassicism widow Realist 1870s nineteenth century Scots Ruth Neo-Classicism artistic movement Book of Ruth sculpture cream colour young women young woman hand on heart marble biblical character grey background Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum art centre Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums 1872 art movement Heritage Art 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing Aberdeen Archives marble on art gallery base William Brodie Brodie William