Edvard Munch · 1894–95

Madonna

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Munch's most controversial painting — a topless woman with a red halo, eyes closed in ecstasy or death, surrounded by swirling crimson. Sex, death, and salvation in a single image.

Up to 12 × 16 in · portrait

Size

Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.

Format & finish

Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.

Scale next to a 5'10" person

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Materials & quality

›Canvas & inks

Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.

›Floater frame

Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.

›Posters

Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.

›Faithful to the source

Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.

About this painting

The story of Madonna

Madonna is the usual title given to several versions of a composition by the Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch showing a bare-breasted half-length female figure created between 1892 and 1895 using oil paint on canvas. He also produced versions in print form.

Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of the most iconic and acclaimed images in all of Western art.

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Frequently asked

Madonna— questions & answers

›What does Munch's Madonna mean?

Madonna shows a bare-breasted female figure with a red halo, eyes closed, surrounded by swirling crimson — Munch's most controversial painting, fusing sensuality, death, and the sacred in a single image.

›When did Munch paint Madonna?

Munch created several versions of the composition between 1892 and 1895 in oil on canvas, and also produced versions in print form.

›Where is Munch's Madonna?

Painted versions are held in Oslo, including at the Munch Museum and the National Museum of Norway.

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