Knight of the Flowers | Georges Rochegrosse | 1894 Frame Options:Art Print the dramatic contrast between light

the dramatic contrast between light and dark

"The Penitent Magdalen" by Georges de la Tour

has intrigued and mesmerized viewers for centuries

capturing the ephemeral play of light and color on the water with loose

Created in the 20th century

Knight of the Flowers | Georges Rochegrosse | 1894 Frame Options:Art Print the dramatic contrast between lightAbout the artwork: Knight of the Flowers by Georges Rochegrosse is a large scale oil on canvas painted in 1894 and currently in the Muse dOrsay in Paris. It depicts a scene inspired by Parsifal, the opera and medieval epic in which the chaste knight Parsifal enters an enchanted garden after defeating the magician Klingsors guards and resists the seductive calls of the flower maidens who surround him. Rochegrosses composition balances rich floral