Despite its cool, unemotional title, the painting is more than an objective study of an effect of light: this almost has the richness of a portrait.
This colossal painting is one of an ambitious series of canvases by the French artist Gustave Doré.
Why did Auguste Rodin’s sculpture become so famous?
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