The Seducer

{{Short description|Painting by René Magritte}}

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| image_file=The Seducer (Magritte).jpg

| image_size=350px

| title=The Seducer

| artist=René Magritte

| year=1950

| height_metric=38

| width_metric=46

| metric_unit=cm

| imperial_unit=in

}}

The Seducer (Le Séducteur, also known as The Tempter{{cite web|url=http://www.magritte-gallery.com/index.php/lithographies/le-seducteur-the-tempter.html|title=Le Séducteur (The Tempter)|publisher=Magritte Gallery|accessdate=13 September 2013}}) is a surrealist painting by René Magritte. It was created in 1950 and again in 1953 in Brussels, Belgium. The 1950 version is held by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the 1953 version is in a private collection.{{cite web|url=http://www.haberarts.com/seducer.htm|title=The Seduction of Modern Art|last=Haber|first=John|work=Haberarts.com|accessdate=13 September 2013}} Other versions were created in 1951.{{cite web|url=http://www.mattesonart.com/1949-1960-mature-period.aspx|title=Magritte's 1949-1960 Gallery|publisher=Matteson Art|accessdate=13 September 2013}} Includes reproductions of five versions of the painting.

The painting portrays a fully rigged sailing ship on the sea against a blue sky: the silhouette of the ship is infilled with a continuation of the waves of the sea. The painting measures {{convert|38|x|46|cm|in|abbr=on}}. It features dark blue and light blue colours.