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Démasquée

1888

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The story

The Finnish collector H.F. Antell reportedly commissioned this picture and then rejected it once he saw it. Gallen-Kallela made it an image of Bohemian pleasure and its dangers, setting a lily, symbol of innocence, beside the sensual model while a grinning Death looks on.

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Object details

Title: Démasquée
Artist: Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Date: 1888
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Ateneum, Helsinki
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0769
Original image: 2466 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Démasquée. 1888. Ateneum, Helsinki. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0769/