Sujet
Two Boys with a Bladder, 1767. Creator: Joseph Wright of Derby.
Légende
Two Boys with a Bladder, 1767. The painting depicts two young boys, boldly lit by a concealed candle, inflating a pig's bladder. At the time, animal bladders served as toys, either inflated and tossed like balloons or filled with dried peas and shaken like rattles. In European art, bladders often functioned as symbolic variants on soap bubbles, fragile playthings signifying the brevity of human life and the transience of human achievement.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM24A63_287
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
55,3Mo (1,9Mo) / 33,0cm x 42,0cm / 3898 x 4960 (300dpi)