# Oedipus and the Sphinx

**Gustave Moreau** (French, 1826–1898)  
1864  
Oil on canvas  
81 1/4 × 41 1/4 in. (206.4 × 104.8 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 21.134.1. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437153).

## About this work

Gustave Moreau painted this in 1864, aged 38. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Gustave Moreau](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/gustave-moreau)

French, 1826–1898; born in Paris; died in Paris

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- The artist was 38
- Real size: about 81 × 41 in (206 × 105 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 18 × 24 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Men, Oedipus, Sphinx
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1131.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1131/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/oedipus-and-the-sphinx-met-437153).