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Material : Oil painting on wood
| Autumn
Item on 17
European Painting
Painting
Area related
France
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The centaur Nessus offered to carry Dejanira, the wife of Hercules, across the river Evenus and then abducted her. Having already crossed the river, Hercules hid in the rocky crags beyond, readying a poisoned arrow to let loose on Nessus. The picture also represents autumn, as Moreau wrote: "The centaur seeks to embrace this white and graceful forms, which is about to escape him. It is a last gleam, a last smile of nature and life. Winter threatens. Night is coming on. It is autumn".
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