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The Death of General Wolfe

Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)

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Portrait of Meyer de Haan, c. 1889-1890

Paul Gauguin
French, 1848 - 1903
polychromed oak
58.4 x 29.8 x 22.8 cm
Purchased 1968
National Gallery of Canada (no. 15310)

Gauguin has emphasized the penetrating eyes and large hands of the Dutch artist, Meyer de Haan (1852-1895), with whom he painted in Le Pouldu, Brittany. The inclusion of the bird may be intended as a visual pun, since "haan" means rooster in Dutch.

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