#louis gallait

life-imitates-art-far-more:

Louis Gallait (1810-1887)
“The Power of Music” (1852)
Oil on panel
Located in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

A letter written by Gallait to William Walters describes the subject of the painting. It is of a brother and sister resting before a tomb. The brother is attempting to comfort his sibling by playing the violin, and she has fallen into a deep sleep, “oblivious of all grief, mental and physical.”