Sorrow of the King, 1952

The Sorrows of the King was Matisse's final self portrait. This work refers to one of Rembrandt's paintings, David Playing the Harp before Saul, in which the young biblical hero plays to distract the king from his melancholy, as well as to Rembrandt's late self portraits. Here Matisse depicts the themes of old age, of looking back towards earlier life (La vie antérieure, the title of a poem by Baudelaire that Matisse had already illustrated) and of music soothing all cares.  100% Hand painted art: Size: Various Sizes Available Medium:  Oil on canvas Type: Reproduction Artist: Henri Matisse Delivery Time: 14-21 days Item #: MATISSE-029 Sorrow of the King, 1952 by Henri Matisse can be reproduced with the same emotions of the original masterpiece. In our in-house studio artists carefully recreate the painting detail-by-detail, colour-by-colour to near perfection. Click here to learn more about our studio With natural texture, vibrancy, and a sense of luxury a real oil painting m