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Andromache Mourning Hector

Painting by Jacques-Louis David

Andromache Mourning Hector is a 1783 oil-on-canvas painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David. The painting depicts an image from Homer's Iliad, showing Andromache, comforted by her son, Astyanax, mourning over her husband Hector, who has been killed by Achilles.[1] This painting, presented on 23 August 1783, brought David election to the Académie Royale in 1784.[2]

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    "Jacques-Louis David:Andromache Mourning HectorJacques-Louis David: Andromache Mourning Hector". Boston College. Archived from the original on 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
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    "Jacques-Louis David Biography". bio. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
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