Oedipus

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Dublin Core

Title

Oedipus

Subject

desert; sphinx; statue; person; horse; yellow; gold; blue; black; white; red; rocks; mountains

Description

A person in military dress on a horse faces a statue of a sphinx in a yellow and gold rocky desert. Mountains emerge out of a valley in the background, against a blue sky.

Creator

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904)

Born: May 11, 1824 (Vesoul, France)
Died: January 10, 1904 (age 79 years) (Paris, France)

Source

10953, Visual Resources Library, EL

Date

1886

Rights

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Relation

Unknown

Format

Art Form: Painting
Material: oil on canvas

Type

19th century