Antiochus and Stratonice (c. 1838): Art, History and Details

Antiochus and Stratonice (c. 1838) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Struck by a mysterious illness, Antiochus lies in bed near death. His grieving father, who has recently taken Stratonice as his wife, summons a doctor. Noticing that the sight of the young woman quickens Antiochus’s pulse and that passion causes his sickness, the doctor describes the youth’s predicament to his father, who selflessly offers Stratonice to his son. The subject, both a love story and an example of parental devotion, enjoyed considerable popularity well into the 1800s.

Object facts

• Title: Antiochus and Stratonice
• Date: c. 1838
• Creator attribution: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on linen
• Dimensions: Framed: 74.5 x 91.5 x 11 cm (29 5/16 x 36 x 4 5/16 in.); Unframed: 48.1 x 63.9 cm (18 15/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
• Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
• Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1966.13

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
• Cleveland Museum of Art, “Golden Anniversary Acquisition,” 1966, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
• Stechow, Wolfgang. "Cleveland's Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." Artnews 65, no. 5 (September 1966): 30-64.

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