DETAILS
- Artist
- Gustave Moreau
- Date
- 1885
- Location
- National Gallery of Canada
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THE ARTIST
Gustave Moreau
Gustave Moreau, a pivotal French Symbolist painter, captivated audiences with his intricate mythological and biblical scenes like 'Oedipus and the Sphinx' and 'Salome with the Head of John the Baptist'.
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