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Dark grayscale painting of a winged sphinx on a smoky hill above corpses and a cannon on a battlefield.

Enigma

A dark grayscale painting shows a winged, lion-bodied sphinx with a human head crouched on a smoke-swept hill. Below, bodies and a cannon lie scattered across a battlefield, while thick clouds of smoke drift over distant ruins.

Artist
Gustave Doré
Date
1871
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 2560 px
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Public domain · Gustave Doré died 1883 and the work dates by 1871; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Gustave Doré, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Enigma, Doré (1871): esfinge alada sobre un campo de batalla

Una pintura en tonos oscuros y grises muestra una esfinge alada con cuerpo de león y cabeza humana, agachada sobre una colina envuelta en humo. Abajo, cuerpos y un cañón yacen dispersos por un campo de batalla, mientras densas nubes de humo se extienden sobre ruinas lejanas.

Português: Enigma, Doré (1871): esfinge alada sobre um campo de batalha

Uma pintura em tons escuros de cinza mostra uma esfinge alada, com corpo de leão e cabeça humana, agachada sobre uma colina coberta de fumaça. Abaixo, corpos e um canhão jazem espalhados por um campo de batalha, enquanto densas nuvens de fumaça pairam sobre ruínas distantes.

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