The Snake Charmer | |
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Artist | Henri Rousseau |
Year | 1907 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 169 cm × 189.5 cm (67 in × 74.6 in) |
Location | Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
The Snake Charmer (French: La Charmeuse de Serpents) is a 1907 oil-on-canvas painting by French Naïve artist Henri Rousseau (1844–1910). It is a depiction of a woman with glowing eyes playing a flute in the moonlight by the edge of a dark jungle with a snake extending toward her from a nearby tree.