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Fortune: A Study for "The Discoverer"

William Morris Hunt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Oil painting of a muscular topless male figure with short curly hair and a cloth wrapped around lower body, holding a red object in left hand raised above head and a long object in right hand. Large wings behind figure. Background has shades of brown, orange, and blue. Title: Fortune: A Study for "The Discoverer". Artist: William Morris Hunt.

Artwork Details

Date
1878
Medium
Oil on paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
435 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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