# West and East

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-nicaise-de-rfd3a370a56ba31/west-and-east-r784e5c1a16ca59>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [KEYSER, Nicaise de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-nicaise-de-rfd3a370a56ba31>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 172 x 128 cm

## Commentary

The present allegory of West and East can be compared with Friedrich Overbeck&#39;s &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/o/overbeck/italia1.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/o/overbeck/italia1.html&#34;&gt;Italia and Germania,&lt;/a&gt; painted three decades earlier.

## Related artworks

- [A Gallant Knight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-nicaise-de-rfd3a370a56ba31/a-gallant-knight-r47b576118a659c>)
- [The Philosopher](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-nicaise-de-rfd3a370a56ba31/the-philosopher-r63a94e8f29b28c>)
- [West and East \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-nicaise-de-rfd3a370a56ba31/west-and-east-detail-read202403e0dfe>)

## Attribution

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