Oedipus and the Sphinx
Painting by Gustave Moreau / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a painting by Gustave Moreau. For the painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, see Oedipus and the Sphinx (Ingres).
Oedipus and the Sphinx is an 1864 oil on canvas painting by Gustave Moreau that was first exhibited at the French Salon of 1864 where it was an immediate success. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The work was a fresh treatment of the established subject of the meeting between Oedipus and the Sphinx on the road outside Thebes, as described in Sophocles's play Oedipus Rex.
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Artist | Gustave Moreau |
Year | 1864 |
Medium | oil paint, canvas |
Dimensions | 206 cm (81 in) × 105 cm (41 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Identifiers | The Met object ID: 437153 |
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