Phaedre, Having Declared Her Passion, Attempts to Kill Herself with the Sword of Hippolytus — Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. Phaedre, Having Declared Her Passion, Attempts to Kill Herself with the Sword of Hippolytus, c. 1801. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

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Phaedre, Having Declared Her Passion, Attempts to Kill Herself with the Sword of Hippolytus

by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson

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Artist: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson / French, 1767-1824
Date: c. 1801
Medium: Pen and brush and black and brown wash and graphite, heightened with white gouache on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 34.5 × 24.2 cm (13 5/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: ink and wash
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Major Acquisitions Centennial Endowment
Accession no.: 1997.303

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