# Rave te hiti ramu \(The Idol\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GAUGUIN, Paul]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 74 x 92 cm ## Commentary Rave te hiti ramu \(The Idol\) 1898 Oil on canvas, 74 x 92 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg During his final stay in Polynesia, Gauguin produced several depictions of idols, including the sculpture that was destined to be his tombstone. The impassionate idol rising above the tangle of vegetation embodied in the artist's eyes the power of nature for which life and death are inseparable. ## Related artworks - [A Vase of Flowers]() - [Above the Abyss]() - [Adam and Eve \(Flight\) - Tahitian Couple Walking]() - [Aha oe feii? \(Are you jealous?\)]() - [Aita tamari vahine Judith te parari \(Annah, the Javanese Woman\)]() - [And the Gold of Their Bodies \(Et l'or de leurs corps\)]() - [Barbarian Music]() - [Bathing Women at a Tree]() - [Be Mysterious]() - [Blue Trees]() - [Bonjour, Monsieur Gauguin]() - [Bouquet of Flowers]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()