Untitled

Hans Grohs

1967

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A male figure stands facing away from the viewer on the left. He blows a trumpet and holds a shield and harpoon. Three nude women are seen on the right. One woman stands, looks to the man and points with her left hand to the sky.
Court Dance, follower of Hubert-François Bourguignon known as Gravelot, oil on canvas
On the recto, a male nude figure walks foward with his head down and arms folded across his stomach. On the verso is an architectural structure. The inscription GILBERT / GUINOT appears at the bottom.
The Madonna holds the Christ Child in her arms. The Child holds her veil in one hand and in the other, a goldfinch, a symbol of the Passion. The Madonna and Child are flanked by two saints on either side: a bishop saint and Saint John on the left and Saint Michael and an unidentified saint on the right.