Painting and Sculpture

La Siesta, Memory of Spain

La Siesta, Memory of Spain is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Gustave Doré, from 1868. The work is housed in the National Museum of Western Art, in Tokyo. It reflects Doré’s interest in Spanish culture following his travels in Spain during the 1860s.

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• ▸List of most expensive paintings
• ▸High medieval domes
• ▸Eastman Johnson

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