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Lust for Gold

Thomas Couture

1840 - 1879

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 35cm × w 45cm × d 12cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

money-changer; Mephistopheles, name of the demonic tempter in the literary versions of the Faust legends

Acquisition Method

gift

Acquired

1900

Notes

signatuur, rechts midden: ‘T.C.’

Collection Type

paintings

About Thomas Couture

1815–1879 • France

Often remembered for "The Romans of the Decadence," the sensation of the 1847 Salon that is now often cited as a classic example of bombastic academic painting. His informal works are more lively and he encouraged his students to directly study from landscape. Comment on works: mythology, history