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The Apotheosis of Homer is a grand 1827 painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, now exhibited at the Louvre as INV 5417. The symmetrical composition depicts Homer being crowned by a winged figure personifying Victory or the Universe. Forty-four additional figures pay homage to the poet in a kind of classical ...
Object history: Apotheosis of Homer: References: The Paintings of J. A. D. Ingres, 184 ; Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres catalogue raisonné, 1968 Camesasca, 120S; The private collection of Edgar Degas - A summary catalogue, 630
Salon of 1827, Salon Carré, 4 November 1827 / 3 November 1827 - April 1828 / 26 April 1828 ; Salon of 1833, Salon Carré ; References: The Paintings of J. A. D. Ingres, 168 ; Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres catalogue raisonné, 1990 Zanni, 80; Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres catalogue raisonné, 1968 Camesasca, 120A
The woman painted by Ingres is a personification of the Odyssey and originally featured in another of his works, The Apotheosis of Homer (1827). The Odyssey was bequeathed to the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon by Joseph Gillet in 1923.
The Apotheosis of Homer, by Archelaus of Priene. Marble relief, possibly of the 3rd century BC, now in the British Museum. The Apotheosis of Homer is a common scene in classical and neo-classical art, showing the poet Homer's apotheosis or elevation to divine status. Homer was the subject of a number of formal hero cults in
The Apotheosis of Homer is a common classical and neo-classical art scene showing the poet apotheosis of Homer. The Apotheosis of Homer may also refer to: The Apotheosis of Homer, a 1944–1945 painting by Salvador Dalí; The Apotheosis of Homer, 1827 painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
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