José Benlliure y Gil was a Spanish painter.
The painting is called La Barca de Caronte (The Barque of Charon) 1919, oil on linen.
Charon, of course, is the ferryman of Hades in Greek Mythology who carries the souls of the newly departed across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divide the world of the living from the world of the dead.
The painting is called La Barca de Caronte (The Barque of Charon) 1919, oil on linen.
Charon, of course, is the ferryman of Hades in Greek Mythology who carries the souls of the newly departed across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divide the world of the living from the world of the dead.
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