Study for The Death of Sarpedon

Artist: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Artwork: Study for The Death of Sarpedon
Description: The Death of Sarpedon is a painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. It was painted in 1817 and is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The painting depicts the death of Sarpedon, a Lycian hero who fought in the Trojan War on the side of the Trojans. Sarpedon is shown lying dead on the ground, with his father, Zeus, looking down on him from the sky. The painting is a masterpiece of Neoclassical art, and it is considered one of Ingres’s finest works.
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