Fraternity-Testvériség, 1963 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1963-11-01 / 11. szám

FRATERNITY

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“Someone will betray Me.” With arms outstretched, Peter explains and protests the suspicion; the shrinking Judas fingers his bag of money. The rounded relief expresses subdued but explosive emotion and the scene imparts the difference between the insidious and premeditating traitor and the self-respecting man who is not sufficiently strong to resist duress. Knowing what is about to happen, Christ performs the mystery of the Last Supper and prepares for the task His Father has assigned to Him.

On the left side of the chest Finta carved the events of his own life in miniature, fully utilizing the space available. The upper part is divided into three fields; the lower part is not divided hut filled symmetrically with a series of different scenes.

In the left field of the upper section, Finta appears proposing to his wife. He shows her one of his works to indicate his profession. The center fields bears the inscription, “SÁNDOR Alexander FINTA”, below which stands a self-portrait in profile. Finta’s hair is reproduced merely on the back of his head and then only in faint outline. He holds the fingers of his hand somewhat like Leonardo’s Bacchus. Resting on his upward- pointing forefinger is a nude with her knees bent forward and her arms raised. In the right field Finta kneels as he receives the blessing of an angel. With this blessing, Finta and his wife start off into the world to fulfill the role of artist for which God destined him.

In the lower section of the left side is a scene showing a draw well at which horses are being watered. In the right corner of the same scene is a hut built of cornstalks, with crows flying overhead. Four peasants stand before it. Two of them watch the crows, the third is engrossed in thought, while the fourth slaps his hand into the palm of the third in the Hungarian peasant’s traditional fashion of bargaining for horses. The