Lieven d'Haese Belgian, b. 1957
11 3/4 x 13 x 15 3/4 in
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FR : Avec Philemon and Baucis, créée en 2022, Lieven d’Haese s’inspire du mythe d’Ovide, celui du vieux couple fidèle que les dieux transformèrent en deux arbres enlacés pour qu’ils ne soient jamais séparés. Assis côte à côte sur un banc, tête contre tête, les deux personnages voient déjà des branches naître de leurs corps.
Cette sculpture en bronze (30 x 33 x 40 cm), aux ramures d’une grande finesse, célèbre l’amour qui traverse le temps. Un cadeau symbolique pour un anniversaire de mariage, à placer dans un salon ou une bibliothèque.
EN : With Philemon and Baucis, created in 2022, Lieven d’Haese draws on Ovid’s myth of the faithful old couple whom the gods turned into two intertwined trees so they would never be parted. Sitting side by side on a bench, heads touching, the two figures already have branches growing from their bodies.
With its finely detailed branches, this bronze sculpture (30 x 33 x 40 cm) celebrates a love that stands the test of time. A meaningful gift for a wedding anniversary, for a living room or a library.
Provenance
Zeus and Hermes came disguised as ordinary peasants, and began asking the people of the town for a place to sleep that night. They had been rejected by all, "so wicked were the people of that land," when at last they came to Baucis and Philemon's simple rustic cottage. Though the couple was poor, their generosity far surpassed that of their rich neighbors, among whom the gods found “doors bolted and no word of kindness." After serving the two guests food and wine (which Ovid depicts with pleasure in the details), Baucis noticed that, although she had refilled her guest's beech wood cups many times, the pitcher was still full (from which derives the phrase "Hermes' Pitcher"). Realizing that her guests were Gods, she and her husband "raised their hands in supplication and implored indulgence for their simple home and fare." Philemon thought of catching and killing the goose that guarded their house and making it into a meal, but when he went to do so, it ran to safety in Zeus's lap.Exhibitions
April-May 2021: "BLOOMING" Exhibition, Art Thema • HéYī Gallery, BrusselsNov: NAMUR ANTICA, Art Thema Gallery, Namur Expo, Belgium
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