The Loss of Virginity ☳ Gauguin ☲ Canvas Size:36 x 24 It was published in the

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though he is not known for religious artwork

with the sun setting behind him

and the lost painting House Standing in Delft

a section advising the astronomer to seek "inspiration from God" and the painting on the wall shows the Finding of Moses

The Loss of Virginity ☳ Gauguin ☲ Canvas Size:36 x 24 It was published in theThe Loss of Virginity (The Awakening of Spring) (1891, La Perte de Virginit, le Rveil du Printemps) by Paul Gauguin symbolically depicts a young woman's loss of virginity. The woman is laying naked in a Breton field overlooking the ocean, plucked flower in her hand, embracing a fox, while a wedding party approaches from the distance. Gauguin's last major work produced before he went to Tahiti, the model was his 20 year old mistress, Juliette Huet, who