Museum purchase, 1974.71.4, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

Mythological Scene 4

MakerMade for Charles Noel Flagg American, 1848 - 1916

MediumPainting; oil on wood

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 20 7/8 × 10 1/8in. (53 × 25.7cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionWooden panel that was part of a four-panel door. The background is water in light green tones. There is the head of a sea animal in the water surrounded with white froth. A nude woman, possibly the same one as in 1974.71.3, is leaning on the animal with one hand around its head and the other outstretched to the right. Her right hand is out of the painting area.

Object number1974.71.4

InscribedLower right corner: "TO C.N. FLAGG"

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