Study for Le Clown Jaune from the series Circus

Study for Le Clown Jaune (The Yellow Clown)

Georges Rouault

About 1930

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Surrounded by angels the Madonna sits in a Gothic throne with the Christ Child on her lap He wears a coral necklace and touches a gold ball that his mother is holding
Papyrus fragment with Coptic script most likely a fragment of a letter It ends with the very well known epistolary formula Farewell in the lord The language seems to be standard Sahidic
A dead hare is draped over a ledge in an outdoor garden setting surrounded by a goose two partridges and a kingfisher The bird on the ledge on the far right not identified A melon grapes peach apricot and plums are lying in a basket to the right of the hare Two peaches and three plums have fallen out of the basket In the foreground are two hazelnuts The upper right is dominated by a large garden vase A vista into a garden setting with ponds and a fountain tall hedges buildings and sculptures is on the left A young male figure is shown bust length behind a drop in the terrain carrying a basket with fruit and looking towards the viewer
Two gods stand on either side of Perseus Mercury on the left places a helmet on the heros head while Minerva on the right hoists a shield onto his shoulder