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Rosa Mystica
(1890s)

Medium
oil and gold paint and pastel on cardboard

Measurements
48.0 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
© Edgard Maxence/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
inscribed in red paint u.c.: ROSA MYSTICA
inscribed in pencil u.c.: Edgar Maxence
inscribed in red paint on frame u.c.: ROSA MYSTICA

Accession Number
1286-3

Department
International Painting

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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian character) circular (shape) crowns (headdresses) gold (colour) halos (glories) rose (genus)

Provenance
Exhibited French Section, European Art Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, August 1923, no. 369, as Rosa rustica; from where purchased, on the advice of Bernard Hall, for the Felton Bequest, 1923.

Exhibited. French Section, European Art Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, August 1923, no. 369, as Rosa rustica.