This painting, titled Naiad, was done by the French painter Jean Jacques Henner (1829-1905). His chief distinction as an artist is the revival of the forgotten art of painting soft, velvety flesh which he inspire. He did so by choosing the twilight hour, when the landscape itself loses its color, while the luminous flesh retains the light and palpitates with its glow. His "Naiad" shows his manner of doing this, and illustrates his method of painting flesh and of throwing light upon it, by which he attained an important place in the world of art.

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Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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