François-Xavier Fabre
Oedipus and Antigone (recto); possibly The Birth of Jupiter (verso)
About this artwork
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artist:François-Xavier FabreFrench (1766 - 1837)
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title:Oedipus and Antigone (recto); possibly The Birth of Jupiter (verso)
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pen and brown ink over pencil on paper (recto); Pencil on paper (verso)
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measurements:13.00 x 19.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1994
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accession number:D 5379
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François-Xavier Fabre
François-Xavier Fabre
Fabre was an outstanding pupil of the neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis David, and won the French Academy's Rome Prize in 1787. He then spent most of his life in Italy, first in Rome and from 1793, in Florence. Fabre specialized in half-length portraits, popular with the British community in...
