Joshua, with the Sun at Upper Left
1856–1863
Medium
Oil over pen and brown ink on thin paper, laid down on board
Dimensions
13 7/16 x 5 5/8 in. (34.2 x 14.3cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Van Day Truex Fund, 1985
Accession Number
1985.246.2
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Art Historical Context
Hippolyte Flandrin, a prominent French Neoclassical painter devoted student of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, *Joshua, with the Sun Upper Left* between 1856 and 1863. This intimate drawing depicts the biblical hero Joshua, invoking the miracle from the Book of Joshua where he commands the sun to stand still during battle. Positioned with the radiant sun dramatically at the upper left, the work captures a moment of divine power and human faith, reflecting Flandrin's deep religious sensibility and his era's fascination with heroic, scriptural narratives amid France's Second Empire. Rendered in ...