Who painted “Oedipus and the Sphinx”?

“Oedipus and the Sphinx” was painted by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in 1808. Where to see it: Louvre.

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: porcelain-smooth skin and invisible brushwork, flawless contours, and anatomy bent for elegance — the long back of an odalisque.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style. Wikipedia

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More by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

“Grande Odalisque”, 1814
“The Turkish Bath”, 1862
“The Source”, 1856
“The Valpinçon Bather”, 1808
“Vénus Anadyomène”, 1808
“Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne”, 1806
“Jupiter and Thetis”, 1811
“Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière”, 1806