 Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion is a 1944 triptych painted by the Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon.The canvasses are based on the Eumenides—or Furies—of Aeschylus's "Oresteia", and depict three writhing anthropomorphic creatures set against a flat burnt orange background.