Oedipus and the Sphinx is an 1864 oil on canvas painting by the French artist Gustave Moreau, first shown at the Paris Salon of 1864, where it was an immediate success, and now held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It offers a fresh treatment of the long-established subject of Oedipus's encounter with the Sphinx on the road outside Thebes, the meeting described in Sophocles's play Oedipus Rex. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Oedipus and the Sphinx is an 1864 oil on canvas painting by Gustave Moreau that was first exhibited at the French Salon of 1864 where it was an immediate success. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Oedipus and the Sphinx is an 1864 oil on canvas painting by Gustave Moreau that was first exhibited at the French Salon of 1864 where it was an immediate success. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The work was a fresh t
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Gustave Moreau
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