Hugues Merle, 1872 - Falling Leaves, Allegory of Autumn - fine art print

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The piece of art "Falling Leaves, Allegory of Autumn" was made by the French artist Hugues Merle in 1872. The over 140 year-old original version had the following size 68 7/8 x 43 1/4 in (174,9 x 109,9 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the artist as the medium of the masterpiece. The work of art forms part of the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. The work of art, which is part of the public domain is provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887. : Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887. The alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format and has an aspect ratio of 9 : 16, meaning that the length is 45% shorter than the width.

What does the original description of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art say about this artwork created by Hugues Merle? (© - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - www.metmuseum.org)

Merle, a friend and sometime rival of Bouguereau, was known for the sentimental images of contented rustic families that he regularly exhibited at the annual Salons. In this painting from 1872, Merle tried his hand at a loosely mythological scene of a languid young woman in the guise of Fall. Catharine Lorillard Wolfe bought the melancholic picture from the New York branch of the art gallery Goupil & Co. on February 21, 1873, while still in mourning for her father. A critic who saw the work in Wolfe’s home remarked, "Here, under russet foliage, a ripe beauty passes…. Nearby, disguised so much in shadow as to be almost invisible, little Love is running away; for this bereavement of affection is the plague of life’s Autumn, as love’s importunity is the plague of its Spring."

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