Henri Matisse, 1869 La Cateau Cambrésis – 1954 Nizza, nach LA TRISTESSE DU ROI Pigment print on paper. Visible dimensions: 98.5 x 133 cm. "Henri Matisse / 1952" within the image lower right. In ebonized wide wooden frame, framed behind glass. The work "La Tristesse du roi", created by Matisse in 1952, is an allusion to Rembrandt's "David Plays the Harp before Saul", in which the young biblical hero plays to distract the king from his melancholy, as well as to the late self-portraits of the old Dutch master. In this work, Matisse shows the themes of old age, of looking back on one's former life and of music alleviating all ills. (14001218) (13)

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