# Oedipus and the Sphinx, in Gustave Moreau

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

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## The work

- Date: 1864
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 81 1/4 × 41 1/4 in. (206.4 × 104.8 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 21.134.1
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Gustave Moreau](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/gustave-moreau), French, 1826–1898

2 works in the collection.

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