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Painting of a woman in a blue gold-starred cloak holding a limp young performer, with a jester in orange costume, an owl, a tambourine and playing cards nearby.

Les Saltimbanques

A painting of a richly dressed woman in a blue, gold-starred cloak and crown cradles a limp young performer in pale costume beside a jester in orange spangled dress. An owl, tambourine, trumpet, poodle and scattered playing cards fill the foreground of this dim interior, giving it a theatrical, circus-like mood.

Artist
Gustave Doré
Date
1874
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
1172 × 1432 px
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Public domain · Gustave Doré died 1883 and the work dates by 1874; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Gustave Doré, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Los saltimbanquis (Gustave Doré, 1874)

Una pintura de una mujer con un manto azul bordado con estrellas doradas y una corona sostiene a un joven artista de aspecto inerte, con vestimenta clara, junto a un bufón con traje naranja salpicado de lentejuelas. Un búho, una pandereta, una trompeta, un perro y cartas de juego esparcidas llenan el primer plano de este interior sombrío, con un ambiente teatral y circense.

Português: Os saltimbancos (Gustave Doré, 1874)

Uma pintura de uma mulher com manto azul bordado com estrelas douradas e coroa segura um jovem artista de aspecto desfalecido, de roupa clara, ao lado de um bufão com traje laranja salpicado de lantejoulas. Uma coruja, um pandeiro, uma trombeta, um cão e cartas de baralho espalhadas ocupam o primeiro plano deste interior sombrio, criando um clima teatral e circense.

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