Follower of Angelika Kauffman, RA, Swiss 1741-1807- Antigone implores Theseus to let Oedipus die and be buried in the town of Colonus; oil on panel, bears signature and date 'C. Kruseman 1850' (lower right), 69.5 x 85 cm. Provenance: Private...

Follower of Angelika Kauffman, RA, Swiss 1741-1807- Antigone implores Theseus to let Oedipus die and be buried in the town of Colonus; oil on panel, bears signature and date 'C. Kruseman 1850' (lower right), 69.5 x 85 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: In this scene from Sophocles's Theban Plays, Antigone implores Theseus to let her blind father Oedipus, recently banished from his native Thebes, die and be buried in the town of Colonus, which is faintly visible in the background.
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