Hercules and Diomedes (French: Hercule et Diomède) is an 1835 oil painting by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros.[1] [2] It depicts two figures from Ancient Greek Mythology Heracles and Diomedes. Gros, a former pupil of Jacques-Louis David, was a proponent of Neoclassicism and sharply opposed to the rising trend of Romanticism.[3]

The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1835 at the Louvre in Paris. The poor reception of the painting there led him to commit suicide the same year.[4] Today it is in the collection of the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse, having been acquired in 1836.[5]

References

  1. ^ Elkins p.138
  2. ^ May p.195
  3. ^ Allard & Fabre p.249-50
  4. ^ Jacobus p.416
  5. ^ https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/05620000106

Bibliography

  • Allard, Sébastien & Fabre, Côme. Delacroix. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018.
  • Elkins, James. Pictures and Tears: A History of People Who Have Cried in Front of Paintings. Routledge, 2005.
  • Jacobus, Lee A. Humanities: The Evolution of Values. McGraw-Hill, 1986.
  • May, Gita. Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution. Yale University Press, 2008.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_and_Diomedes
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