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Study for "Antiochus and Stratonice"

c. 1746

Pompeo Batoni

(Italian, 1708–1787)
Culture
Italy, 18th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 33.3 x 39.5 x 5.4 cm (13 1/8 x 15 9/16 x 2 1/8 in.); Unframed: 24.2 x 30.5 cm (9 1/2 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Jacques de Caso in memory of Alice Cagliostro and Domenick Cagliostro 2008.69
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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 is crowded with people with light skin tones, at the center of which a man in a blue cape and crown stands with his palm open. At left, a turbaned man holds the hand of a nearly nude man reclining on a bed beneath heavy red fabric. To our right, a woman in a gold and red gown stands before two attendants and a stone archway.

Study for "Antiochus and Stratonice"

c. 1746

Pompeo Batoni

(Italian, 1708–1787)
Italy, 18th century

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