The Sin | |
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Artist | Franz Stuck |
Year | 1893 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Movement | Symbolist painting, Decadentism |
Subject | femme fatale, lust, sin, temptation |
Dimensions | 94.5 cm × 59.6 cm (37.2 in × 23.5 in) |
Location | Neue Pinakothek, Munich |
The Sin (German: Die Sünde) is an 1893 painting by the German artist Franz Stuck. Stuck created twelve known versions of the painting. Some of these can be viewed at the Neue Pinakothek, in Munich, the National Gallery, in Berlin, the Galleria di arte Moderna, in Palermo, the Frye Art Museum, in Seattle, and at the Villa Stuck, in Munich, where it is enshrined in the artist's Künstleraltar.[1] It depicts the nude Eve with a large serpent wrapped around her body. In the upper right corner is a bright field, while the rest of the surroundings are dark.