Maurice Denis

Drying the Linen, or Moonrise at the Priory

1894
oil on canvas glued to cardboard
34.9 × 31.4 cm (13.7 × 12.4 in)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Denis began creating religious art in 1894, the year this painting was completed. A priory, as described in the title, is a religious building where monks and nuns live under the leadership of a prior.

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