Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices by Jules Eugène Lenepveu — Jules Eugène Lenepveu. Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices, 1835–98. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices

by Jules Eugène Lenepveu

Quick Overview

Artist: Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (French, Angers 1819–1898 Paris)
Date: 1835–98
Medium: Watercolor, pen and black ink over black chalk, on gray-green paper
Dimensions: 10 13/16 x 13 7/8 in. (27.4 x 35.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Ian Woodner Family Collection Fund, 1991
Accession no.: 1991.267

Provenance

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