Carrière, EugèneFrench, 1849–1906The Contemplator
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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About the painting
This painting illustrating Victor Hugo's poem Boaz Sleeping is one of five images Carrière created to commemorate the centennial of Hugo's birth. A reclining poet gazes at the stars above, as if in a dream, placing one hand over his heart and gesturing toward a crescent moon. The moon was thought to exert a special influence on poets and artists, inspiring not only creativity but darker thoughts of melancholy and suicide.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1946.283
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- The Cleveland Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
