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The vision within an elaborate interior

The Apparition sets a radiant, suspended head before a figure within a dark, richly detailed architectural space. Ornament and light make the encounter feel remote from everyday experience. Other Salomé subjects in the collection return to related figures and settings, allowing different compositions to be compared.

Mythological figures in a rocky world

Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra places the hero opposite the rising forms of the monster within a steep, enclosed landscape. Elsewhere, figures from other myths occupy imagined gardens, ruins and dark natural settings. Browse mythological art for further treatments of these narratives.

Sacred subjects and surrounding detail

The Infant Moses gives a small reclining figure a setting of vegetation and monumental ruins. Other religious works include Christ, saints and scenes of suffering or revelation. The surroundings are part of the image’s imaginative force, rather than a simple background to the central subject.

Related artists and collections

Compare Moreau’s imagery with Odilon Redon and Hugo Simberg, or explore mythological figures in John William Waterhouse. Our Christian art collection provides a further route through sacred subjects.

Read more in our guide to Odilon Redon and Symbolist imagery.