# Madeleine in the Forest of Love

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BERNARD, Émile](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernard-mile-r34f771ce6d43c4>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 137 x 164 cm

## Commentary

Madeleine is the painter&#39;s sister. She is depicted with open eyes dreaming in the Forest of Love, a little copse in which the artist frequently painted. Stretched out full length she is lying under the trees, her pose being reminiscent of medieval grave sculptures.

## Related artworks

- [Breton Women in a Meadow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernard-mile-r34f771ce6d43c4/breton-women-in-a-meadow-r0e13e36427dc30>)
- [Breton Women with Parasols](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernard-mile-r34f771ce6d43c4/breton-women-with-parasols-r6039d7c731b297>)
- [Portrait of Père Tanguy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernard-mile-r34f771ce6d43c4/portrait-of-pre-tanguy-r3af26f587c284c>)
- [The Harvest \(Breton Landscape\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bernard-mile-r34f771ce6d43c4/the-harvest-breton-landscape-r64e73ef7c5ba55>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)