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Night Travellers at a Cross

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Night Travellers at a Cross
Slovak: Nocni Putnici pri Krizi
ArtistLászló Mednyánszky
Year1880 (1880)
Mediumtempera on panel
Dimensions244 cm × 94.5 cm (96 in × 37.2 in)
LocationSlovak National Gallery, Bratislava

Night Travellers at a Cross (Slovak: Nocni Putnici pri Krizi) is a painting by Hungarian artist László Mednyánszky from 1880.

Description

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The picture was created in the first half of 1880. It has the dimensions 244 x 149 centimeters. It is in the collection of the Slovak National Gallery.[1]

Analysis

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The picture shows three people with bowed heads who pray at the cross in a dark forest at night. The composition's monumental scale is emphasized by the size of the travellers, as well as by the moonlight.[2]

The theme of a cross in a forest - which has symbolized death - is seen regularly in Mednyánszky's works.[2]

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