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Bonaparte Before the Sphinx

Jean-Leon Gerome

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Bonaparte Before the Sphinx

Jean-Leon Gerome

~~Date:~~ 1867 - 1868
~~Style:~~ Orientalism
~~Genre:~~ landscape, portrait
~~Media:~~ oil, canvas
~~Location:~~ Hearst Castle, San Simeon, CA, US
~~Dimensions:~~ 101.9 x 61.6 cm
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Bonaparte Before the Sphinx (French: Bonaparte devant le Sphinx) is an 1886 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. It is also known as Oedipus (Œdipe). It depicts Napoleon Bonaparte during his Egyptian campaign, positioned on horseback in front of the Great Sphinx of Giza, with his army in the background.

The painting was presented at the 1886 Salon under the title Œdipe, evoking the myth of Oedipus and the Sphinx. It popularised Napoleon in front of the Sphinx as a subject in art. It is located at the Hearst Castle in California.

The New York Times wrote from the Paris Salon that in this painting, Gérôme

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~~Wikipedia:~~ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaparte_Before_the_Sphinx

~~Works of Jean-Léon Gérôme at Hearst Castle - California State Parks:~~ www.museumcollections.parks.ca.gov

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