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The Anatom
Gabriel von Max
1869 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 136.5 × 189.5 cm
"A particularly important work is the 'anatom' on the dissection table in front of the body of an unhappy girl, in moments when the hand destroying the soul after destruction has not yet erased the lines of beauty" (Nicolaus Mann).
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The Anatom (1869) by Gabriel von Max, oil on canvas.
About Gabriel von Max
Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max (ennobled in 1900; 23 August 1840 – 24 November 1915) was a Prague-born Austrian painter. He was born Gabriel Cornelius Max, the son of the sculptor Josef Max and Anna Schumann. He studied between 1855 and 1858 at the Prague Academy of Arts with Eduard von Engerth.
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