The Kiss of the Sphinx
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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 |
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]
References
[edit]- ^ Tóth, Ferenc. "The Kiss of the Sphinx". Hungarian National Gallery. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
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