Why it matters
A winged figure kneels before a Sphinx on a battlefield strewn with corpses, begging her to reveal the reason for war. Doré painted it after the French defeat of 1871.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1871.
- Doré was from Strasbourg and felt the loss of Alsace deeply.
- It is in the Musée d'Orsay.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Enigma (Doré) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
