The Two Heads | Auguste Leroux | 1898 Théophile Steinlen While clearly influenced by Botticelli’s

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Though the artist remains unknown

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The Two Heads | Auguste Leroux | 1898 Théophile Steinlen While clearly influenced by Botticelli’sAbout the artwork: The painting Les deux ttes visually interprets a specific moment from Victor Hugos epic poem cycle La Lgende des sicles, specifically from the section titled La confiance du marquis Fabrice. In the poem a violent exchange leads to the decapitation of two figures at a banquet, and Leroux captures this exact moment by placing both severed heads in the foreground while the scene of the event is implied behind them. Rather than creating