This resource is a list of all of the modern adaptations of this story.
Lauriola, Rosanna, and Kyriakos N. Demetriou, eds. “Index of Modern Adaptations”. In Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Sophocles, (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2017) doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004300941_012
Yale University ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2004. 3125198.
Artist: Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1741–1825).
Title: Oedipus Cursing His Son, Polynices.
Date: 1786.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 149.8 x 165.4 cm (59 x 65 1/8 in.).
Location and Provenance
Current Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (West Building, Gallery 61).
Accession Number: 1983.1.41.
Credit Line: Paul Mellon Collection.
Provenance History:
1791: Sold by the artist to William Roscoe, a prominent Liverpool banker and collector.
1816: Sold at Roscoe’s sale in Liverpool (September 28, lot 154) to a buyer named Baxter.
1973: Resurfaced at Maltzahn Gallery, London, and subsequently Weiss Antiques, Zürich.
1974: Purchased by Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia.
1983: Gifted by Paul Mellon to the National Gallery of Art.
Hayes, John, and National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC). British paintings of the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. National Gallery of Art, 1992.
Hugh Macandrew, “Henry Fuseli and William Roscoe” (Liverpool Libraries, Museums and Arts Committee Bulletin, 1959–1960)
Eva Reifert, Henry Fuseli: Drama and Theatre
- Title:
- Artist:Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)
- Date:1777
- Medium:Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, traces of black chalk underdrawing
- Dimensions:sheet: 10 3/16 x 13 1/2 in. (25.8 x 34.3 cm)
- Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:
Gert Schiff,
(1973)
David H. Weinglass,
(1994)
C. Haenlein, “A Fuseli Oedipus Lost and Now Found,”
(1974)
Oedipus and Antigone, by Franz Dietrich, c. 1872, Crocker Art Museum
Artist: Franz Dietrich (German, 1838–1890)
Title: Oedipus and Antigone
Date: 1871 (Often associated with the date it was acquired by the Crockers in 1872)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 92 in. x 76 in. (233.7 cm x 193 cm)
Accession Number: 1872.53
Credit Line: Crocker Art Museum, E. B. Crocker Collection, conserved with funds provided by Nancy and Dennis Marks in honor of Marcy and Mort Friedman.
Artist’s Studio (Germany): Completed by Franz Dietrich in 1871.
E. B. Crocker Purchase (1871): Acquired by Judge Edwin B. Crocker and his wife Margaret during their extended trip to Europe (specifically Germany and Dresden) between 1869 and 1871.
Crocker Art Gallery (1872): Brought to Sacramento and displayed in the family’s private gallery.
Public Gift (1885): Margaret Crocker gifted the gallery and its contents to the City of Sacramento and the California Museum Association, forming the core of the Crocker Art Museum.
Rediscovery (1940s): Like many large 19th-century canvases, it was stored in the museum basement for decades before being restored and returned to prominent display as part of the European collection.
Oedipus and Antigone by Christian Wilhelm Eckersberg
1812
Can read about this on the Manifold App
Several of these paintings are interpreted on this blog.
Arfini, Maria Teresa. “Around Antigone: The Iconography and Music in the German Revival of the Classical Tragedy.” Music in Art 40, no. 1-2 (2015): 203-215.
Jean Antoine Théodore Giroust – Oedipus at Colonus
1788 Oil on Canvas
French neo-classical
It is at the Dallas Museum of Art
This piece went to another gallery for an exhibition.
Exhibition Catalogue Entry:
Jackall, Yuriko, ed. America Collects Eighteenth-Century French Painting. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2017.
de Montaiglon, Anatole, ed. Procès-verbaux de l’Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Vol. 3. J. Baur, 1880.
Blind Oedipus commending his children to the gods, by Benigne Gagneraux (1784)
- Dimensions: Height: 122 cm (48 in); Width: 163 cm (64.1 in)
- Accession Number: NM 828
https://www.nationalmuseum.se/en/exhibitions/the-treasury
Nationalmuseum Stockholm. 1990. Illustrerad katalog över äldre utländskt måleri (Illustrated Catalogue of European Paintings). Stockholm: Nationalmuseum.
Laveissière, Sylvain. “Bénigne Gagneraux, 1756-1795: Un Peintre bourguignon dans la Rome néoclassique.” (1983): 53.
Sandström, Birgitta. “Bénigne Gagneraux 1756-1795: éducation, inspiration, oeuvre.” PhD diss., Stockholm University, 1981.
Sandström, Birgitta. 1972. “Bénigne Gagneraux et ses contacts avec la Suède.” Annales de Bourgogne 44: 165–179.
Rosenblum, Robert. Transformations in late eighteenth century art. Vol. 206. Princeton University Press, 1970.
DE, L’IMPRIMERIE. “BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE LA FRANCE.” Bibliographie de la France, ou Journal général de l’imprimerie et de la librairie (1889): 129.
On the Featured Image
Oedipe à Colone – Jean Hugues | Musée d’Orsay
Citation (Chicago Style)
Depending on your needs, here are the two standard Chicago formats:
Notes and Bibliography:
Hugues, Jean Baptiste. Oedipus at Colonus. 1885. Marble, 181 x 136 x 100 cm. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/oedipe-colone-15338.
Author-Date:
Hugues, Jean-Baptiste. 1885. Oedipus at Colonus. Marble. Paris: Musée d’Orsay.
d’Orsay, Musée, and Anne Pingeot. “Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculptures.” (No Title) (1986).
Singaravélou, Pierre. Les mondes d’Orsay. Seuil/Musée d’Orsay, 2021.
