The Devil of Money
1865
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1865
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Devil of Money is a 1865 by Nicolas-François Chifflart, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A hunched figure with bat wings clutches a bag of coins, its face twisted in greed. The lines are quick and scratchy, like a doodle in the margin of a notebook. Chifflart drew right on copper plates as if they were paper, letting the ink bleed and smudge. This wasn’t a polished studio piece—it was an idea he worked out in the moment. The small size makes you lean in, as if sharing a secret. Look up *chiaroscuro* to see how other artists used light and shadow to make their monsters feel real.
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