In the Waves (Ondine)
by GAUGUIN, Paul, Oil on canvas, 92 x 72 cm
Ondine (or Undine) is a medieval love story of a water nymph and a knight, and the folly that results from their union. A romantic German novel entitled Undine, was written by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de la Motte Fouqu�. Gauguin’s painting is an illustration of a piece of reading.