Title: Autumn (Dejanira)

Artist: Gustave Moreau

Gustave Moreau - Autumn (Dejanira) Autumn (Dejanira) About 1872–73 Gustave Moreau French, Paris 1826–Paris 1898 Oil on panel Shown here is the centaur Nessus abducting Dejanira, the wife of Hercules. On the distant cliffs, Hercules aims the arrow that will kill Nessus and rescue Dejanira. The picture also represents autumn, as Moreau wrote: "The centaur seeks to embrace this white and graceful form, which is about to escape him. It is a last gleam, a last smile of nature and life. Winter threatens. Night is coming on. It is autumn."