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This painting has more to do with the act of painting than with the actual narrative

"It's a still image, but I see it in motion."

"It's a still image, but I see it in motion."

Curator Asher Miller on "The Abduction of Rebecca" by Eugène Delacroix.

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The Abduction of Rebecca, Eugène Delacroix  French, Oil on canvas
Eugène Delacroix
1846