Hercules and Diomedes
| Hercules and Diomedes | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Antoine-Jean Gros |
| Year | 1835 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 426 cm × 324 cm (168 in × 128 in) |
| Location | Musée des Augustins, Toulouse |
Hercules and Diomedes (French: Hercule et Diomède) is an 1835 oil painting by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros.[1] [2] It depicts two figures from Ancient Greek Mythology Heracles and Diomedes. Gros, a former pupil of Jacques-Louis David, was a proponent of Neoclassicism and sharply opposed to the rising trend of Romanticism.[3]
The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1835 at the Louvre in Paris. The poor reception of the painting there led him to commit suicide the same year.[4] Today it is in the collection of the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse, having been acquired in 1836.[5]
References
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[edit]- Allard, Sébastien & Fabre, Côme. Delacroix. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018.
- Elkins, James. Pictures and Tears: A History of People Who Have Cried in Front of Paintings. Routledge, 2005.
- Jacobus, Lee A. Humanities: The Evolution of Values. McGraw-Hill, 1986.
- May, Gita. Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution. Yale University Press, 2008.
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