The Painter and His Fiancée

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The Painter and His Fiancée is an oil on canvas painting by Marc Chagall, from 1980. It is held since 1990 in the Pushkin Museum, in Moscow.[1] A double portrait from his final years, it depicts a nocturnal view of Paris, with a couple at the right, a painter, holding his palette, and a reclined woman. The couple, according with the title of the painting, is engaged. At their right stands a vase with red flowers. In the background it shows Notre Dame Cathedral.[2]

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  1. ^ "Catalogue entry". Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  2. ^ (in Italian) Federica Tammarazio, "Chagall", I classici dell'arte column, Milano, Rizzoli/Skira, 2004, pp. 172–173.