Minos of the Shades
1952
Medium
oil on composition board
Measurements
60.8 × 75.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased 1952
© Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Gallery location
Gallery 8
Level 2, NGV Australia
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in red paint l.r.: J Bellette 52
inscribed in charcoal on reverse: MINOS of the SHADES 50GNS / Jean Bellette
Accession Number
2977-4
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Relationships and Interactions Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
classicism Minos (Greek character) monochrome nudes (representations) souls underworld (doctrinal concept)
Movements
Modernism