Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Page 135

"The Christ in judgement above the portal of the cathedral [of St. Trophime] made [Vincent] think how little he liked most portrayals of Jesus; only Rembrandt and Delacroix, he thought, had really been able to paint this subject."

Here are some of Rembrandt's portraits of Christ...




And here is how Delacroix treated the subject...