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Antiochus and Stratonice

c. 1838
(French, 1780–1867)
Measurements
Framed: 74.5 x 91.5 x 11 cm (29 5/16 x 36 x 4 5/16 in.); Unframed: 48.1 x 63.9 cm (18 15/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
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Struck by a mysterious illness, Antiochus lies in bed near death. His grieving father, who has recently taken Stratonice as his wife, summons a doctor. Noticing that the sight of the young woman quickens Antiochus’s pulse and that passion causes his sickness, the doctor describes the youth’s predicament to his father, who selflessly offers Stratonice to his son. The subject, both a love story and an example of parental devotion, enjoyed considerable popularity well into the 1800s.
A horizontally oriented oil painting depicts a room. On the right, Antiochus, a man, lies under red bedsheets while his father stands over him in a cream tunic. This scene is mostly cast in shadow. A diagonal light focuses on the left side of the painting, where Stratonice, a woman wearing a light-pink tunic, leans against a gray column, chin resting on the back of her right hand as she looks down. All have medium-light skin tones.

Antiochus and Stratonice

c. 1838

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

(French, 1780–1867)
France, 19th century

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