Lucifer is said to have been cast out of Heaven before becoming the leader of devils and the ruler of Hell.
Here a faint light in the darkness reveals him sitting facing forwards. His legs are together and his chin is resting on his left hand while his right arm is bent at a right angle with his fist clenched and pointing downwards. One of his wings is held upright while the other is laid horizontally and splayed outwards. With deeply chiseled features, he frowns and gazes at the viewer with his white eyes wide open.
In 1889, Franz von Stuck painted The Guardian of Paradise in oils, and the following year, its pendant, Lucifer. This etching is an adaptation of the latter by the artist himself. The pose of the figure seems to have been inspired by Rodin’s famous sculpture, The Thinker, which itself was originally conceived for the sculptor’s The Gates of Hell.
(NAKAMURA Naoaki)
Lucifer is said to have been cast out of Heaven before becoming the leader of devils and the ruler of Hell.
Here a faint light in the darkness reveals him sitting facing forwards. His legs are together and his chin is resting on his left hand while his right arm is bent at a right angle with his fist clenched and pointing downwards. One of his wings is held upright while the other is laid horizontally and splayed outwards. With deeply chiseled features, he frowns and gazes at the viewer with his white eyes wide open.
In 1889, Franz von Stuck painted The Guardian of Paradise in oils, and the following year, its pendant, Lucifer. This etching is an adaptation of the latter by the artist himself. The pose of the figure seems to have been inspired by Rodin’s famous sculpture, The Thinker, which itself was originally conceived for the sculptor’s The Gates of Hell.
(NAKAMURA Naoaki)