The subject is taken from the Old Testament Book of Ruth.
Here the Moabite Ruth is gleaning, gathering up corn left after the harvest, to
support her widowed mother-in-law. The landowner Boaz who talks to her has come
to show his admiration for her support for her family. The two eventually
married, and King David, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were among their descendants.
In this painting, Ruth looks at us in a seductive way,
showing that even among the hard fieldwork our true essence is not lost, this
the gaze is directed towards Boaz snowing the viewer how he would have felt in
that moment. The red robes contrast with the harvest field and immediately
throws her to the foreground as the main character depicter in a pop surreal
enviroment.
Ruth, being that she's not Jewish, represents humanity. The
other relative, who had the legal rights to buy the property and
marry Ruth, represents the law. Finally, Boaz represents Christ, God and
love. The book of Ruth is a symbolic foretelling of Christ's relationship
to humanity.
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