| From Eve to Mary - the Women of the Bible |
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The creation of the pictorial cycle of the twelve
female biblical figures from Eve to Mary was encouraged by the
artist's friendship with the poet Antonio Bruni, who at that time
was working in Venice, and who urged Ernani to go ahead with, what,
as the artist had confided in him one day in September 1983, was
one of the many ideas he had been “mulling over” for years.
That
was the moment which started the creative process and led to the
completion of the project, which would be accompanied by poems
written by Bruni.
The publication of the catalogue-book edited by
Multi Media Veneto MMV (Padua, 1987) on the occasion of the travelling
exhibition, reproduced and featured both the twelve paintings and
the twelve poems.
From then on they would be presented together again,
along with the biblical passages that accompanied the publication. |
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Eve
“ …The Lord God […] made […] a woman
and brought her to the man.
Then the man
said – This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh… –”
Genesis 2:22-23 |
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Hagar the Egyptian
“ … the angel […] said to her – What troubles you,
Hagar? Do not be afraid; […] Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast
with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him.– […] she
saw a well of water […] and gave the boy a drink… ”
Genesis 21:17-19 |
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Rebekah
“And Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she slipped
quickly from the camel, and said to the servant, – Who is the man over
there, walking in the field to meet us? – The servant said, – It
is my master. – So she took her veil and covered herself. ”
Genesis 24:64-65 |
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Potiphar's Wife
“[…] she
caught hold of his garment, saying, – Lie with me! – But he left his
garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside. ”
Genesis 39:12 |
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Delilah
“When Delilah realized that he had told her his whole secret,
[…] She let him fall asleep on her lap; and she called a man, and had
him shave off the seven locks of his head… ”
Judges 16:18-19 |
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Bathsheba
“It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch
and was walking about on the roof of the king's house, that he saw
from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.”
2 Samuel 11:2 |
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Judith
“[…] Holofernes [was] stretched out on his bed, for he was dead
drunk. […] Judith […] took down his sword […] took hold
of the hair of his head, and [prayed] […]. Then she struck his neck
twice with all her might, and cut off his head. ”
Judith 13:2-8 |
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Shulammite
“I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or
the wild does:
do not stir up or awaken love
until it is ready!”
Song of Songs 2:7 |
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Susanna
“ She […] wished to bathe in the garden, for it was a hot day.
[…]
her maids […] shut the doors of the garden and went out by the side
doors […] they did not see the elders, because they were hiding.”
Daniel 13:15–18 |
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Salome
“[…] danced before the company, and she pleased Herod so much
that he promised on oath to grant her whatever she might ask. Prompted
by her mother, she said, – Give me the head of John the Baptist here
on a platter. –”
Matthew 14:6–8 |
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Mary of Magdala
“Jesus […] said to Simon, – Do you see this woman? I entered
your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my
feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. […] –”
Luke 7:44 |
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Mary of Nazareth
“The Lord […] has looked with favour on the lowliness of his
servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call
me blessed; […]"
Luke 1:48 |
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