"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

Paris, 13 November 2015

Ce tableau, exposé au Louvre, qui porte le titre donné par le peintre lui-même, représente plus précisément Minerve, déesse de la « Sagesse » – en laquelle à son tour s’identifie la France – qui incarne la « Vertu », laquelle écrase avec son pied l’« Ignorance », un homme aux oreilles d'animal.

Triomphe de la Sagesse sur l’Ignorance – Ce tableau, exposé au Louvre, représente Minerve, déesse de la « Sagesse » – en laquelle à son tour s’identifie la France – qui incarne la « Vertu », laquelle écrase avec son pied l’« Ignorance », un homme aux oreilles d’animal.

 

On peut seulement espérer.


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