Hugues Merle – Mary Magdalene in the Cave [1868]

Hugues Merle – Mary Magdalene in the Cave [1868]

Hugues Merle – Mary Magdalene in the Cave [1868]

The French academic painter Hugues Merle gained acclaim during his lifetime for his idealised depictions of family life and of historical and religious subjects. He was often associated with his friend and rival, William-Adolphe Bouguereau; in fact, their shared dealer, Paul Durand-Ruel, urged Bouguereau to add to his pictorial repertoire Merle’s interpretation of familial love, which had defined his most successful Salon entries during the 1840s through the 1960s. Whether imaging modern-day Madonnas with children, Susanna at her bath, or, as here, Mary Magdelene, Merle favoured emotion-filled, often seductive, facial expressions and languid bodies to connote drama and pathos. Indeed, his Mary Magdelene emerges as the enraptured captive of Christ’s love. [Heritage Auctions – Oil on canvas, 45.1 x 59.7 cm]

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