Drying the Linen, or Moonrise at the Priory

1894

Drying the Linen, or Moonrise at the Priory, 1894. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Oil on canvas glued to cardboard; unframed: 34.9 x 31.4 x 0.6 cm (13 3/4 x 12 3/8 x 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.109 Denis began creating religious art in 1894, the year this painting was completed. A priory, as described in the title, is a religious building where monks and nuns live under the leadership of a prior.