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Love and Death
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
114.3 × 57.3 cm
Accession Number
p.312.5-1
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1888
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
cloaks conflict (general sense) cupids Death (allegorical character) doorways Eros (Greek deity) love (emotion) rose (genus)
Movements
Symbolism (fine arts styles)
Frame
Original Watts frame, by W. A. Smith, London