The Sin | Heinrich Lossow | 1880 Gustav Klimt More than a whimsical trick

More than a whimsical trick

with the figures illuminated by a single candle that highlights their faces and the open book they focus on

associated with the French Symbolist circle

"Saturn Devouring His Son" is a powerful and visceral exploration of the darker aspects of human nature

Bathed in a warm

The Sin | Heinrich Lossow | 1880 Gustav Klimt More than a whimsical trickAbout the artwork: Heinrich Lossows 1880 painting The Sin (Die Versndigung) confronts viewers with a provocative and controversial vision of the infamous Banquet of Chestnuts, an alleged 1501 Vatican event associated with Cesare Borgia and the reputed moral corruption of the papal court, drawing on a single, debated account by Johann Burchard. In depicting intimate, forbidden acts between clergy and courtesans, Lossow does more than illustrate a