The Pain of Andromache
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.
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Title:The Pain of Andromache
Artists:Jacques-Louis David
Date:1783
Style:Neoclassicism
Genre:mythological painting
Medium:oil,canvas
Location:École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France
Dimensions:275×203 cm
Copyright:Public domain
Andromache Mourning Hector is a 1783 oil painting by Jacques-Louis David. The painting depicts an image from Homer's Iliad, showing Andromache, comforted by her son, mourning over her husband Hector, who has been killed by Achilles. This painting, presented on 23 August 1783, brought David election to the Académie Royale in 1784.