Andromache Mourning Hector

Painting by Jacques-Louis David From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Andromache Mourning Hector

Andromache Mourning Hector is a 1783 oil-on-canvas painting 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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Andromache Mourning Hector
French: La Douleur et les Regrets d'Andromaque sur le corps d'Hector son mari
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ArtistJacques-Louis David
Year1783
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions275 cm × 203 cm (108 in × 80 in)
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
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