Lady Absinth | Ferdinand Keller | 1901 Size:16"x12" Rendered with expressive brushwork and

Rendered with expressive brushwork and subtle contrasts of light and shadow

Escher’s Cloister at Monreale

The expression of the Virgin Mary is as evocative and alive as ever

created in the early 17th century

Lady Absinth | Ferdinand Keller | 1901 Size:16"x12" Rendered with expressive brushwork andIn Lady Absinth, Ferdinand Keller frames the scene within a dark tunnel of bare, arching trees that close in like a corridor, drawing the eye toward a pale, ghost like female figure at its centre. She appears almost weightless, emerging from mist and shadow, her whitened form glowing faintly against the surrounding darkness. The enclosing trees suggest entrapment and descent, while the spectral figure embodies intoxication itself seductive, unreal,