The Contemplator
by Heritage Images
Title
The Contemplator
Artist
Heritage Images
Medium
Drawing - Illustration
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The Contemplator, 1901. This painting illustrating Victor Hugo's poem Boaz Sleeping is one of five images Carrière created to commemorate the centennial of Hugo's birth. A reclining poet gazes at the stars above, as if in a dream, placing one hand over his heart and gesturing toward a crescent moon. The moon was thought to exert a special influence on poets and artists, inspiring not only creativity but darker thoughts of melancholy and suicide. Creator Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Italian, 1675-1741). (Photo by Heritage Arts/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
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January 28th, 2021
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