Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)
Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)

Offering the First-Fruits of the Harvest

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Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)
Offering the First-Fruits of the Harvest
signed with monogram and dated '64' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour on paper
16 x 12 1/8 in. (40.6 x 30.7 cm.)
展覽
Birmingham, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; Munich, Museum Villa Stuck; and London, Ben Uri Gallery, Love Revealed, Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites, October 2005-November 2006, no. 42.

拍品專文

The present drawing is taken from Solomon's 1862-3 design of the subject made for Dalziels' Bible Gallery and published in the 1894 edition. It depicts the sacrifice of fruits referred to in the Books of Exodus and Leviticus, amongst others. Colin Cruise has suggested that the presence of the attendant youths around the bearers of the fruit is a reference to the ambiguity in the texts between a literal and metaphorical meaning of fruit - perhaps 'first-fruits' in fact refers to choice offspring to be given to God. It has been suggested that two of the bearded figures may be portraits of Albert Moore and Frederick Hollyer, both members of Solomon's circle at this time.

We are grateful to Colin Cruise for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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