The Abduction

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The Abduction

Paul Cézanne · 1867

Fitzwilliam Museum

Cambridge, United Kingdom

About this painting

A violent, dreamlike scene of abduction painted with a palette knife during Cézanne's early "dark period." It once belonged to Claude Monet, who kept it hanging in his bedroom at Giverny.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

90.5 × 117 cm (35.6 × 46.1 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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