Why it matters
Homer is crowned by a winged figure of Victory while forty-four figures from history pay him homage in a symmetrical composition. It was commissioned for a ceiling of the Musée Charles X in the Louvre.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1827.
- It had to be completed within a year.
- Ingres needed only an hour to sketch its broad outlines.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Apotheosis of Homer (Ingres) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
