Allegory of the Night (Q21675423)
Label from: English (en)
genre:
allegory (Q2839016)
artist:
Léon Frédéric (Q1361500)
collection:
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
location:
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
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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