Allegory of the Night (Q21675423)

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genre: allegory (Q2839016)
artist: Léon Frédéric (Q1361500)
collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
location: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
MSK Gent work PID: 1914-AP

catalog URL: http://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-AP

information from the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) catalog

description: The Allegory of Night is inspired by Greek mythology, in which Night is personified by a veiled woman. She is the mother of twins, Sleep and Death, here presented as two naked children. Léon Frédéric was here possibly making an allusion to another tradition of Western European art. Sleeping…

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