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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Here the French artist Alexandre Marie Colin depicts a man and woman on a chaise longue discovered by an older man, as both men reach for their daggers. In the foreground, a symbolically charged still-life arrangement includes a musical instrument and a discarded fan with an incense burner and fruit. The painting's dangerous subject matter and the exotic details of the fabrics and architecture are representative of the fascination European artists and their public held for the East. Such intimate, oriental scenes were popular among visitors to the Paris Salon during the 1830s and 1840s, and it is possible that this image has a literary source that would have been known to contemporary viewers. | Subjects: | figure; literature (?) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Colin, Alexandre Marie (French painter, printmaker, 1798-1875) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8314... | Go to resource |
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