Can These Bones Live? by George Frederic Watts (1817) | Artnap

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Painting of a golden shroud over scattered bones beneath a dead tree, under a fiery red-orange sky.

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Can These Bones Live? by George Frederic Watts, dated 1817, depicts a golden draped cloth covering a heap of skeletal remains on a barren ground. A dead, leafless tree and a glowing red-orange sky frame the scene, while fallen oak leaves and scattered bones lie in the foreground.

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1817

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Public domain

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