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Mar 10 2011

Homer, Auguste Leloir, 1841

French / Greco-Roman / Inspirational prints / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

Homer, Auguste Leloir, 1841

This is a reproduction of “Homer” of 1841 by Jean-Baptiste Auguste Leloir.  This painting was inspired by the "Apotheosis of Homer" by Ingres and was completed when the French artist was thirty-two.  This is a Neo-classic and idealized depiction of the greatest of the Greek bards telling his tale to a varied audience before a Doric temple.  The artist died in 1892.  The dimensions of this masterpiece are 195 cm by 147 cm and it is housed is in the Louvre, Paris.

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