"Le Juste, comme le bois de santal, parfume la hache qui le frappe" ("The Righteous, like Sandalwood, Perfume the Axe That Falls on Them") thumbnail 1
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"Le Juste, comme le bois de santal, parfume la hache qui le frappe" ("The Righteous, like Sandalwood, Perfume the Axe That Falls on Them")

Print
1926
Artist/Maker
Rouault (artist)

Aquatint & etching print by Georges Rouault from the series "Miserere et Guerre", depicting an angel holding up a fainted body from the arms, whilst a woman holds the persons feet, and a child looks away from the scene somberly


Object details

Categories
Christianity
Prints
Religion
Printmaking Techniques
Object type
Print
Titles
  • "Le Juste, comme le bois de santal, parfume la hache qui le frappe" ("The Righteous, like Sandalwood, Perfume the Axe That Falls on Them") (alternative title)
  • Miserere et Guerre: The Deposition (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Aquatint and etching print
Paper
Aquatint
Etching
Brief description
Aquatint & etching print by Georges Rouault from the series "Miserere et Guerre", 1926
Physical description
Aquatint & etching print by Georges Rouault from the series "Miserere et Guerre", depicting an angel holding up a fainted body from the arms, whilst a woman holds the persons feet, and a child looks away from the scene somberly
Marks and inscriptions
Inscription is of the artist's name; His forename initial and full surname (Inscription reads: G. Rouault)
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1949
  • Taken from the MoMA website, North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) website and Cornell University's Johnson Museum of Art's webiste
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.187-1949

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1037329/le-juste-comme-le-bois-print-rouault/
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