Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 45.1 x 59.7 cm
Current location: Private collection
Signed and dated lower left: Hugues Merle 1868
Dimensions: 45.1 x 59.7 cm
Current location: Private collection
Signed and dated lower left: Hugues Merle 1868
"Merle favored emotion-filled, often seductive, facial expressions and languid bodies to connote drama and pathos. Indeed, his Mary Magdelene emerges as the enraptured captive of Christ’s love."
Each artwork is made up one only one kind of shell, which the artist uses in multiples as he explores the physical qualities and hidden beauties of the material.