Fulchran Jean Harriet, 1798 - Oedipus at Colonus - fine art print

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The ancient mythical Greek king Oedipus fulfilled his fate by unknowingly killing his father and marrying his mother. He subsequently blinded himself and was exiled. Here, Oedipus reprimands himself, while protecting his daughter Antigone. Oedipus became popular in France just after the French Revolution, since the subject addressed the return of exiles. The ancient Greek writer Sophocles provided the best-known version of the tragedy, but an interpretation that played in Paris in 1797 inspired Harriet’s work.

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This 18th century masterpiece was made by the male French artist Fulchran Jean Harriet. The over 220 year-old original version had the following size: Framed: 187,5 x 164,5 x 8,5 cm (73 13/16 x 64 3/4 x 3 3/8 in); Unframed: 157 x 134 cm (61 13/16 x 52 3/4 in). Oil on canvas was applied by the French painter as the technique for the painting. The original artwork is inscribed with the following information: on reverse of stretcher: white sticker "57/78", chene label; on obverse: lower right "harriet fcit an6". It is in the the The Cleveland Museum of Art's collection, which is one of the leading museums worldwide that builds, preserves, studies, and shares its outstanding collections of art from all periods and parts of the world, generating new scholarship and understanding, while serving as a social and intellectual hub for its community. With courtesy of: The Cleveland Museum of Art (license - public domain). The creditline of the artwork is the following: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund. Furthermore, alignment is in portrait format and has an image ratio of 1 : 1.2, which means that the length is 20% shorter than the width.

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