Date : 1864
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Bequest of William H. Herriman (1920)
Salon des Artistes français
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French Painting
Painting (Thème mythologique)
Area related
Paris (France)
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Moreau's interpretation of the Greek myth draws heavily on Ingres's Oedipus and the Sphinx, of 1808, which was exhibited in Paris in 1846 and 1855. Both painters chose to represent the moment when Oedipus confronted the winged monster in a rocky pass outside the city of Thebes. Unlike her other victims, he could answer her riddle and thus saved himself and the besieged Thebans. The painting was success at the Salon of 1864. It won medal and established Moreau's reputation. Moreau made more than thirty studies for this work and made many repetitions after it.
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