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The Kiss of the Sphinx
1895 painting by Franz Stuck / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kiss of the Sphinx is an oil on canvas painting of 1895 by the German symbolist artist Franz Stuck. It was painted in the same year that Stuck became a professor at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. The iconography of a sensuous, dangerous femme fatale is a recurring item in Stuck's work.[1]
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Artist | Franz Stuck |
Year | 1895 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 162.5 cm × 145.5 cm (64.0 in × 57.3 in) |
Location | Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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