Clytemnestra2.0017

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Louvre, Denon inv. 5185
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Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, "Clytemnestra," 1817, Louvre Denon inv. 5185

Clytemnestra hesitates before stepping into the bedchamber where Agamemon is sleeping (with Cassandra?)

Aegisthus clearly goads the queen from behind.

Compare John Collier's treatments of the same topic, at Worcester and at London's Guildhall.

Man with dagger leading woman toward bed where another man is sleeping, in a Neoclassical painting

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.