The Funeral

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Gravediggers are lowering a coffin into the ground while three men stand side by side by the grave

The great funeral.

Artist

Name:: Vallotton, Félix
Dates:: 1865-1925
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Woodcut
Engraver:: Vallotton, Félix
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Félix Vallotton; biographie
Author:: Meier-Graefe, Julius
Publisher:: Berlin, Paris: Edmond Sagot, J. A. Stargardt, 1898
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Description:

View of a cemetery dotted with cypresses where gravediggers are lowering a coffin into the ground while three men stand side by side by the grave and two women cover their faces with handkerchiefs behind them.

The caption reads in the original French: Le grand enterrement.

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{{cite web | title=The Funeral | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/funeral/ | author=Vallotton, Félix | year=1898 | access-date=April 25, 2024 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}