The Anger of Achilles
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.
Max Resolution:4201×2994 PX
Title:The Anger of Achilles
Artists:Jacques-Louis David
Date:1819
Style:Neoclassicism
Genre:mythological painting
Medium:oil,canvas
Location:Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, US
Dimensions:105×145 cm
Copyright:Public domain
The Anger of Achilles is an 1819 painting by Jacques-Louis David, now in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
One of the last of David's history paintings, it shows the moment in Greek myth when Agamemnon reveals to Achilles that he has not actually brought his daughter Iphigenia to him as a bride, but rather intends to sacrifice her in order to appease the goddess Artemis. Achilles begins to draw his sword in anger upon hearing this, while Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra, looks on in grief and sadness with her hand on her daughter's shoulder.
David produced it during his exile in Brussels. An 1825 copy of the painting now in a private collection is attributed to Michel Ghislain Stapleaux under David's direction.
One of the last of David's history paintings, it shows the moment in Greek myth when Agamemnon reveals to Achilles that he has not actually brought his daughter Iphigenia to him as a bride, but rather intends to sacrifice her in order to appease the goddess Artemis. Achilles begins to draw his sword in anger upon hearing this, while Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra, looks on in grief and sadness with her hand on her daughter's shoulder.
David produced it during his exile in Brussels. An 1825 copy of the painting now in a private collection is attributed to Michel Ghislain Stapleaux under David's direction.