Why it matters
A young woman clutches Death, a figure in a monk's robe, as if to a lover. Schiele painted it after marrying Edith Harms and being drafted into the army in the First World War.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1915.
- Schiele first called it Man and Girl.
- It is in the Belvedere in Vienna.
Based on the Wikipedia article Death and the Maiden (Schiele) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
