Oedipus and the Sphinx (Ingres)
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oedipus and the Sphinx is a painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Originally a student work painted in 1808, it was enlarged and completed in 1827. The painting depicts Oedipus explaining the riddle of the Sphinx. An oil painting on canvas, it measures 189 x 144 cm, and is in the Louvre, which acquired it in 1878.