Fragment of a Crucifixion
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Fragment of a Crucifixion is an unfinished 1950 painting by the Irish-born figurative painter Francis Bacon. It shows two animals engaged in an existential struggle; the upper figure, which may be a d
Still from Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 silent film Battleship Potemkin. Bacon called the image a catalyst for his work and incorporated the shape of the mouth when painting the chimaera.
Matthias Grünewald, Isenheim Altarpiece (centre panel), c. 1512–16. Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, Alsace
Peter Paul Rubens, Descent from the Cross (centre panel), 1612–1614
Head II
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Head II is an oil and tempera on hardboard painting by the Irish-born British figurative artist Francis Bacon, from 1948. It the second in a series of six heads, painted from the winter of 1948 in pre
