Why it matters
Oedipus meets the Sphinx at the crossroads between Thebes and Delphi and must answer her riddle or die. Shown at the Salon of 1864, it was an immediate success.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1864.
- The subject comes from Sophocles's Oedipus Rex.
- It is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Based on the Wikipedia article Oedipus and the Sphinx (CC BY-SA 4.0).
