Drying the Linen, or Moonrise at the Priory
Cleveland Museum of Art

Drying the Linen, or Moonrise at the Priory

Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943) · 1894

oil on canvas glued to cardboard
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Denis began creating religious art in 1894, the year this painting was completed. A priory, as described in the title, is a religious building where monks and nuns live under the leadership of a prior.

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