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Description: | The sketch depicts a moment of intense drama: Oedipus is tormented by remorse and Antigone attempts to calm her father's outburst. Oedipus and Antigone are titular characters in the Oedipus Cycle of Sophocles, an ancient Greek tragedian (495-406 B.C.) This sketch was a preparatory oil sketch for the painting at the French National Assembly (3.62 x 2.68m: Louvre, inv. no. 8146). | Subjects: | mythology (Greek; Sophocles; Oedipus; Antigone); figure; landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Thévenin, Charles (French painter, 1764-1838) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9200... | Go to resource |
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