Oedipus and the Sphinx
Medium
Engraving on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 25.5 × 18 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 40.4 × 34.1 cm (15 15/16 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
131979
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Claude Ferdinand Gaillard · 1834–1887
Claude Ferdinand Gaillard was born in Paris on 7 January 1834 and died in the same city on 19 January 1887. He studied under Léon Cogniet, entering the École des Beaux-Arts in 1850 and beginning his work as an engraver that same year. His early studies were probably with James Hopwood and Lecouturier. After winning the prestigious Prix de Rome for engraving in 1856, he spent several years in Italy...