L'Amour de Pierrot | Attributed to Salvador Dalí | c. 1904 Adelaide Sophia Claxton their white robes catching the

their white robes catching the dim light that filters in from the stormy sea beyond

The composition places Richelieu

whereas the lower half is plunged into darkness and writhing agony — a chiaroscuro rooted in the Neapolitan Baroque lineage of Jusepe de Ribera and his followers

The Sea of Ice conveys a sense of existential dread

True to Caravaggio’s revolutionary style

L'Amour de Pierrot | Attributed to Salvador Dalí | c. 1904 Adelaide Sophia Claxton their white robes catching theAbout the artwork: LAmour de Pierrot, c. 1904, is a metamorphic French postcard that is frequentlybut incorrectlyattributed to Salvador Dal. At first glance, the composition appears to depict a skull. Look closer, however, and the image breaks apart into an intimate scene of two figures dressed as Pierrot seated at a table, leaning toward one another in conversation. Their heads form the skulls eye sockets, while the folds of the tablecloth create its