Perseus's Last Duty
1949
Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Perseus's Last Duty, 1949. Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950). Oil on canvas; framed: 125 x 178.5 x 8.5 cm (49 3/16 x 70 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.); unframed: 89.4 x 142 cm (35 3/16 x 55 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange 2013.7 The reclining figure encircled by the griffin's tail at the far right may be the artist's self-portrait.
- Maker/Artist
- Beckmann, Max
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 125 x 178.5 x 8.5 cm (49 3/16 x 70 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 89.4 x 142 cm (35 3/16 x 55 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower middle: "Beckmann NY 49"
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 2013.7
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
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