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Apr 5 2011

Apotheosis of Homer

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

Apotheosis of Homer

This is a reproduction of “The Apotheosis of Homer” of 1827 by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.  The French master artist was forty-seven when he produced this painting and had finally become a critical success in Paris three years before.  The government commissioned this work which he quickly completed.  It is designed to show the homage that should be paid to Homer, the first European poet, by the great men of Greece, Rome and subsequent times.  The original painting is 515 cm by 386 cm and is in the Louvre Museum, Paris.

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