Andromache and Astyanax
Pierre Paul Prud'hon|Charles Pompée Le Boulanger de Boisfrémont
?1813–17; 1823–24?
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
52 x 67 1/8 in. (132.1 x 170.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900
Accession Number
25.110.14
Tags
Trojan WarBoysMenWomenAndromache
About the Artist
Pierre Paul Prud'hon|Charles Pompée Le Boulanger de Boisfrémont
Pierre Paul Prud'hon (1758–1823) was a French painter and draughtsman whose dreamy, sensuous art occupied a singular position between the Neoclassicism and Romanticism that competed for dominance in French painting around 1800. Born in Cluny in Burgundy, he received his early artistic training at the Dijon Academy before winning the Prix de Rome of the Estates of Burgundy, which allowed him to spe...