Year 1880 (1880) Artist László Mednyánszky People also search for Cat among roosters | Medium tempera on panel Created 1880 | |
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Dimensions 244 cm × 94.5 cm (96 in × 37.2 in) Location Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava | ||
Night Travellers at a Cross (Slovak: Nocni Putnici pri Krizi) is a painting by Hungarian artist László Mednyánszky from 1880.
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Description
The picture was created in the first half of 1880. It has the dimensions 244 x 149 centimeters. It is in the collection of the Slovak National Gallery.
Analysis
The picture shows three people with bowed heads who pray at the cross in a dark forest at night. The composition monumental scale emphasized character's size as well as by moonlight.
The design with a cross in a forest - which has symbolizes death - seen regularly in Mednyánszky's works.
References
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