Death and the Maidens (The Reaper).
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Title
Death and the Maidens (The Reaper) .
Creator
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (French painter and draftsman, 1824-1898)
Date
1872
Cultural Context
French European
Style/Period
Symbolist
Subject
Women Men Dresses Capes (Clothing) Wreaths Hairstyles Leisure Country life Holding hands Flowers Plants Trees Meadows Death Scythes
Material
Oil on canvas Oil paint (pigmented coating) Paint Canvas
Measurements
57 1/2 x 42 1/8"
Technique
Painting (image-making) Oil painting (technique)
Inscription
Lower right corner: P. Puvis De Chavannes / 1872
Work Type
Paintings Oil paintings
Repository
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, Massachusetts)
Source
Delevoy, Robert L. Symbolists and Symbolism. Geneva: Skira; New York: Rizzoli, 1978. (p.116)
Rights
All reproduction rights reserved by A.D.A.G.P. and S.P.A.D.E.M., Paris, Cosmopress, Geneva, and A.S.B.L., Brussels. Photograph reproduced in Delevoy courtesy: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC 1032-40.jpg
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