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Oedipus and the Sphinx by Gustave Moreau — VisualArtsDB

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Oedipus and the Sphinx

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Oedipus and the Sphinx

1864

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 81 1/4 × 41 1/4 in. (206.4 × 104.8 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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