01254nam a2200217Ia 4500001001000000100003400010101000800044200004400052210000900096215003100105300055200136608001300688650001800701700009800719801000700817856005800824857009000882909001100972920004000983991001301023Κ.139eng  a20140611d9999 m y0grey0103 ga  aeng1 aThe Kissb[Painting]fLytras Nikephoros  d1878  a79 x 69 cm [Oil on canvas]  aIn "The Kiss", the scene is set in a courtyard, in which a slender girl is rising on the tips of her tows in order to kiss her beloved, whose head can be seen through the window high up. The lily in the pot symbolises purity, while its slender stem echoes the slender girl's motion. Ochre and white prevail, along with some red on the girl's fez. The latter colour was a favourite of Nikephoros Lytras'. The abandoned slipper suggests the girl's rush to meet her beloved, while at the same time marking space, that is, making us part of the scene.  aPainting  aOil on canvas 1aLytras Nikephorosf(1832 - 1904)uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artist/lytras-nikephoros/  a59  uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artwork/the-kiss-2/  ahttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/60624_2000_2000-500x644.jpg  aΚ.139  aΕ. Koutlidis Foundation Collection  aPAINTING