After the Storm depicts a Breton peasant woman cradling the body of her grandson who had been caught in a fisherman’s nets. Sarah Bernhardt had seen this woman on the seashore and was moved by her story, which ended tragically with the death of the child. But in Bernhardt’s sculpture the child’s right hand grips the woman’s garment, perhaps suggesting the possibility of a more hopeful ending.
《暴风雨之后》（After the Storm）描绘了一名布列塔尼农妇抱着被渔网缠住的孙子的尸体。莎拉-伯恩哈特（Sarah Bernhardt）曾在海岸边看到这个女人，并被她的故事打动，故事以孩子的死亡而悲剧收场。但在伯恩哈特的雕塑中，孩子右手攥着女人的衣服，也许暗示着一个更有希望的结局。
The artist allegedly took anatomy lessons specifically to convey the intensity of the subject. Her ability to render textures from smooth skin to rough nets adds to the naturalism of the piece. Bernhardt’s arrangement of the figures suggests her knowledge of works, such as Michelangelo’s Pieta, in which the Virgin Mary supports the dead Christ on her lap.
为了可以更好地表达强烈的作品主题，据说艺术家还专门上了解剖课。从光滑的皮肤到粗糙的渔网，她描绘不同纹理质感的能力加强了整幅作品的自然主义特征。伯恩哈特对人物位置的安排体现了她对艺术作品的了解和学识，比如米开朗基罗的《圣殇》（Pieta），在那个雕塑作品中，圣母玛利亚也将死去的基督放于她的膝上。
When the large original plaster cast for this work was exhibited at the Salon in 1876, it won a silver medal. Two years later, the artist sold the rights to reproduce Après la tempête to the dealer Henri Gambard, who appears to have commissioned very few duplicates. The sculpture in NMWA’s collection seems to be unique and may in fact be the one that was sold in the artist’s estate sale in 1923, as no other marble versions are documented.
这幅作品的大型原作石膏雕塑在1876年的沙龙展出时，曾赢得一枚银牌。两年后这位艺术家把复制这幅作品的版权卖给了交易商亨利-甘巴德（Henri Gambard），后者似乎只委托制作了很少的复制品。美国国家女性艺术博物馆收藏的这座雕塑似乎是独一无二的，可能就是在1923年艺术家的遗产拍卖中售出的那一座，因为没有任何其他这座雕塑的大理石版本的记录。
Sarah Bernhardt is best known for her work as an actress; she was a superstar and the most popular actress of late 19th century and early 20th century. But what not many people know is that she was also a sculptor and a very talented one, as we can see today. : ))
莎拉-伯恩哈特一直作为演员被大家熟知；她是19世纪末20世纪初的超级巨星和最受欢迎的女演员。但鲜为人知的是，正如我们今天所看到的，她还是一位才华横溢的雕刻家。:))
allegedly [ə'ledʒɪdlɪ] adv.据说，据称
anatomy[ə'nætəmi] n. 解剖学；分解；解剖；骨骸
