Andromache Mourning Hector
| Andromache Mourning Hector | |
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| La Douleur et les Regrets d'Andromaque sur le corps d'Hector son mari (French) | |
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| Artist | Jacques-Louis David |
| Year | 1783 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 275 cm × 203 cm (108 in × 80 in) |
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Andromache Mourning Hector is an oil painting on canvas of 1783 by the French Neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David. The painting depicts an image from Homer's Iliad, showing Andromache, comforted by her son, Astyanax, mourning over her husband Hector, who has been killed by Achilles.[1] This painting, presented on 23 August 1783, brought David election to the Académie Royale in 1784.[2]
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[edit]- ↑ "Jacques-Louis David:Andromache Mourning HectorJacques-Louis David: Andromache Mourning Hector". Boston College. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ↑ "Jacques-Louis David Biography". bio. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
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