Oedipus and the Sphinx (Ingres)

Oedipus and the Sphinx
ArtistJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Year1808
Mediumoil on canvas
MovementNeoclassicism
Dimensions189 cm × 144 cm (74 in × 57 in)
LocationLouvre, Paris

Oedipus and the Sphinx is a painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Originally a student work painted in 1808, it was enlarged and completed in 1827. The painting depicts Oedipus explaining the riddle of the Sphinx. An oil painting on canvas, it measures 189 x 144 cm, and is in the Louvre, which acquired it in 1878.

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