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Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices

1835–98
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices
  • 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)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Ian Woodner Family Collection Fund, 1991
  • Object Number: 1991.267
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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