Great compilation. I am fascinated by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the great Dutch painter of Romanticism. In composition, facial expressions, colors, this painting is striking. The sadness, anger, teary eyes on the Pharaoh’ s face, his hand clenching a bunch of flowers and the body rigid against the pillar; the devastated mother crying over the dead body of the child; Aaron and Moses seen in the upper right of the painting, having come again to ask for the release of “my people”; the scene under the light of the candles while Moses and Aaron are standing in the light of the moon.... powerful composition.
Thanks to you, Alba, for unpacking that one for us. Those of us who have lost children....
I agree. The Lawrence Alma-Tadema is extraordinarily powerful.
The Pharaoh’s face confirms the Defeat and Shock.