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Nude (Rafu)

1880

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The story

Hōsui painted this nude lying in a forest during his decade in France, from 1878 to 1887. It has been called the earliest accomplished oil nude by a Japanese artist, an epoch-making work, and Japan designated it an Important Cultural Property in 2014.

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Object details

Title: Nude (Rafu)
Artist: Yamamoto Hōsui
Date: 1880
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0738
Original image: 2520 × 1557 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Yamamoto Hōsui. Nude (Rafu). 1880. Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0738/