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The Caress (The Art, or The Caresses)

1896

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The story

Khnopff's reworking of Moreau's 1864 Oedipus and the Sphinx is famed for its androgyny, and a book on Bowie notes the striking likeness of his 1974 Diamond Dogs cover.

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Object details

Title: The Caress (The Art, or The Caresses)
Artist: Fernand Khnopff
Date: 1896
Culture: Belgian
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0137
Original image: 3000 × 977 px
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Fernand Khnopff. The Caress (The Art, or The Caresses). 1896. Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0137/