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Death in the sickroom Anxiety Madonna The Sick Child Kristiania Bohemia II Vampire Moonlight I The Urn The Voice / Summer night Young woman on the shore Kiss Blossom of Pain Red Virginia Creeper Red and White Train smoke Kiss IV Four girls in Årsgårdstrand The Brooch / Eva Mudocci Self-portrait with bottle of wine The Death of Marat II The Scream Galloping horse The yellow log Towards the forest II Model by the wicker chair Starry night Self-portrait. The night wanderer. Under the chestnut tree Self-portrait. Between the clock and the bed

Works from the collection

Madonna, 1894
Oil on canvas. 90 x 68.5 cm
M 68

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Madonna

The aura-like lines around the model in this main motif from The Frieze of Life which ripple in a soft and suggestive rhythm, the half-closed and deep-set eyes allow us to sense the ecstasy of conception, the pinnacle of love but also an underlying pain. The red colour of the halo has the associations with both love and blood.