Gustave MoreauFrench, 1826–1898Étude pour Oedipe et le sphinx
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Étude pour Oedipe et le sphinx” now? Collection: Musée Gustave-Moreau, Paris. Unknown.
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- Des. 2521
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée Gustave-Moreau
- Image: Musée Gustave-Moreau — © R.G. Ojeda ; Réunion des musées nationaux - utilisation soumise à autorisation; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Gustave Moreau
The whole lifeAugust 1858 – September 1859 · Workplace
Milan
December 1858 – March 1859 · Workplace
Florence
April 1859 – July 1859 · Workplace
Rome
July 1859 – September 1859 · Workplace
Naples
1859–1888 · Workplace
Paris
c. 1860
Alexandrine Dureux: a companion for life
Moreau apparently met Adelaide-Alexandrine Dureux soon after his return from Italy. In the following years he made many drawings and watercolours of her, as well as romantic caricatures of the two of them walking on clouds; he subsidised an apartment for her on rue Notre-Dame de Lorette, a few blocks from his home. The relationship was very discreet and known to only a few; his mother knew of it and was fond of Alexandrine.
