lanterns

  • Bretonnes aux lampions à Notre-Dame-de-Trémalo (Pont-Aven) (circa 1895-1898)

    Bretonnes aux lampions à Notre-Dame-de-Trémalo (Pont-Aven) (circa 1895-1898)

    Ferdinand du Puigaudeau (French, 1864–1930)

    Breton women gather in flickering lantern light before the chapel. Their long skirts brush the damp earth as shadows stretch across the stone facade. The glow dances on their white coiffes, turning the evening procession into something between devotion and dream.