Maruru (Offering to the Gods)

Accession Number
1949/1.178

Title
Maruru (Offering to the Gods)

Artist(s)
Paul Gauguin

Object Creation Date
1894

Medium & Support
woodcut on paper

Dimensions
10 in. x 16 in. ( 25.4 cm x 40.64 cm )

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Physical Description
Landscape scene with three figures (two standing and one kneeling) near a large sculpture of a God with a figure on horseback in the distance. Image consists of sharply cut and defined elements.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
figures (representations)
figures in landscape
gods
gods (dieties)
kneeling
world religions