The Two Heads | Auguste Leroux | 1898 Frame Options:Framed Canvas "The Aegean Sea" by Frederic

"The Aegean Sea" by Frederic Edwin Church

In the background

Figures drift through the square

Ciseri’s meticulous attention to fabric

holding a smoking gun

The Two Heads | Auguste Leroux | 1898 Frame Options:Framed Canvas "The Aegean Sea" by FredericAbout the artwork: The painting Les deux ttes visually interprets a specific moment from Victor Hugos epic poem cycle La Lgende des sicles, specifically from the section titled La confiance du marquis Fabrice. In the poem a violent exchange leads to the decapitation of two figures at a banquet, and Leroux captures this exact moment by placing both severed heads in the foreground while the scene of the event is implied behind them. Rather than creating