
L'Enlèvement
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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