The Spirits Released : De Chirico and Mataphysical Perspective
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The Walker Klinger 1878
Spaziergänger (Der Überfall) Max Klinger 1878. Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

De Chirico's melancholic description of this painting (as cited in the main text) makes no reference to its sinister narrative involving a gang of men threatening to attack the central figure who has pulled out a gun in order to defend himself.