Fred Kliener considered this work to be the first true symbolist painting, and a deer can be seen wandering across the canvas in the upper left, while a tree branch sets off the upper right as the stage for the main event.
In a letter to the man who would go on to sell this work, its creator noted that his interest was "religious atavism." Fred Kliener considered this work to be the first true symbolist painting, and a deer can be seen wandering across the canvas in the upper left, while a tree branch sets off the upper right as the stage for the main event. The artist described the setting of the event that gives this painting its alternate name as "pure vermillion," while women in "intensely black clothes" and "yellow-white bonnets" look on. For ten points, identify this painting, in which Breton women observe combat between a divine being and a mortal, created by Paul Gauguin.
In a letter to the man who would go on to sell this work, its creator noted that his interest was "religious atavism."
The Vision After the Sermon or Jacob Wrestling with the Angel