File:Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ - A Eunuch's Dream - 1991.173 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg
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[edit]Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ: A Eunuch's Dream
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Artist |
Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ |
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Title |
A Eunuch's Dream |
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Object type |
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Description |
This painting, inspired by Charles Montesquieu's Persian Letters (published in 1721), depicts a eunuch who wanted to marry a harem slave. He experienced a vision of her while smoking his opium pipe, but her little companion holding a knife dripping with blood reminds us that the eunuch's anatomy precludes the fulfillment of his dream. The outline of a hand next to the signature is a khamsa, a symbol used to ward off evil. |
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Date |
1874 date QS:P571,+1874-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on panel medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q287,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions | Framed: 54 x 74.5 x 5.5 cm (21 1/4 x 29 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 39.3 x 65.4 cm (15 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q657415 |
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Current location |
Modern European Painting and Sculpture |
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Accession number |
1991.173 |
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Place of creation | France, 19th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.173 ![]() |
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Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.173 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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