The Meeting of Orestes and Hermione

c. 1800 Sheet: 28.5 x 21.8 cm (11 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.101

When the French painter Jacques-Louis David was approached to work on a new edition of Jean Racine’s plays, he passed the task to his pupil Girodet, who excelled at illustrating literature. This highly refined drawing depicts a scene from Racine’s Andromaque, a complicated sto...

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