The Last Mermaid, a painting by Isabelle Moreau Hamdan: a crowned white-line mermaid holding a cup beside an Ionic column and a scallop shell, on a taupe ground with ochre and gold

Paintings / Figures & Presences

The Last Mermaid

Isabelle Moreau Hamdan

Medium and support
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
80 × 80 cm

A crowned mermaid raises a small cup beside an Ionic column topped with a bowl of olive branches.

Her tail curves across the foot of the canvas towards a scallop shell, drawn in thick, raised white line.

Ochre and gold passages warm the taupe ground.

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Close-up of the surface of The Last Mermaid by Isabelle Moreau Hamdan, showing line and texture
The Last Mermaid by Isabelle Moreau Hamdan, shown in a gold frame on an ivory wall

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