Title:Page from Florilège des Amours de Ronsard (Anthology of the Sonnets of Ronsard)
Artist:Henri Matisse
Pierre de Ronsard
Date:1948
Credit Line:Gift of Bruce B. Dayton
Image Copyright:© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Number:B.75.2d
Artist:Henri Matisse
Pierre de Ronsard
Date:1948
Credit Line:Gift of Bruce B. Dayton
Image Copyright:© Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Number:B.75.2d
The intertwining nude bodies in this illustration reflect the stencil and cut-out figures that preoccupied Matisse during the last years of his life.