COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1966.13
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Creator Nationality:
European; French
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1780 - 1867
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Title:
Antiochus and Stratonice
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
c. 1834
Creation Start Date:
1832
Creation End Date:
1836
Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Unframed: 48cm x 64cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1966.13
Credit Line:
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Context:
The ancient tale of Antiochus and Stratonice presented Ingres an opportunitiy to mingle classicism with eroticism. Antiochus, son of Seleucus, the king of Syria, lies in bed dying of frustrated love for his stepmother Stratonice, seen at the left. A doctor, hovering by the bed, has just discovered this forbidden love by placing his had over the boy's heart which, responding to Stratonice's presence, begins to beat rapidly. Seleucus, who kneels at the foot of the bed, later gave up his wife to cure hisson.Some areas of the canvas appear unfinished because this is Ingres' first version of the composition. The final version hangs in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1966.13.tif
