Painting of a laurel-crowned woman in white and blue drapery beside a bare-chested man reaching toward her hand, with a glowing lamp on a pedestal at right.

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An oil painting of a laurel-crowned woman in white drapery and blue skirt reclines beside a bare-chested man who reaches toward her hand. A glowing oil lamp sits on a pedestal at right, before a pale, cloudy landscape. The loose, painterly brushwork and warm earth tones suggest a figurative study.

Artist: Kenyon Cox
Date: 1898
Medium: oil on canvas
Source: Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size: 2560 × 2014 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1898).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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