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Achilles Receiving in his Tent the Envoys of Agamemnon
Ingres’ neo-classical style is characterized by pure contours and figures based on classical sculpture and on Raphael. This small sketch is a study for a larger painting. The large version won Ingres the first prize in 1801 in the competition for the major Rome Scholarship. The scene is from the Iliad. Achilles, holding the lyre on his lap, gives his friends, headed by Odysseus in a red cloak, an …
Creator
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Creator
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1801
- 1801
Provenance
- Gåva 1919 av Nationalmusei Vänner
Identifier
- NM 2161
- 19221
Extent
- Mått 25 x 32,5 cm
Format
- Olja på trä. Monterad i klimatkassett
Year
- 1801
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:17.008Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:47.947Z