Copy painting hand-painted of the artwork
The murderer (Stuck)

In “The murderer”, Franz von Stuck explores the depths of guilt and madness. This agonizing composition plunges us into a dark and damp alleyway, where the silhouette of a man fleeing the scene of his crime hurries away. In the foreground, three terrifying female figures, the Erinyes of Greek mythology, stand like accusatory apparitions. Their pale, naked bodies are intertwined with sinister black snakes. They stare at the criminal with their mad gazes, embodying the remorse that will eternally haunt his soul. The gloomy atmosphere, the macabre treatment of the flesh, and the narrative tension make this canvas a masterful demonstration of symbolist aesthetics and the exploration of human neuroses.