The Burial of Manon Lescaut | Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret | 1878 Size:A4 Landscape while a lone carriage moves

while a lone carriage moves through the hush

is a haunting portrayal of a spectral figure visiting a young girl as she sleeps

is gently embracing a Chimera

the painting suggests that truth

now in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich

The Burial of Manon Lescaut | Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret | 1878 Size:A4 Landscape while a lone carriage movesThis painting draws from Abb Prvosts tragic novel Manon Lescaut (1731). After a turbulent life of passion, deception, and exile, Manon and her devoted lover, the Chevalier des Grieux, are cast out into the wilderness of Louisiana. There, far from civilisation, Manon succumbs to illness and exhaustion. With no one to help him, des Grieux is forced to dig her grave alone in the unforgiving sand, using his bare hands. This momentintimate, raw, and