Title of Artwork: “Ambassadors Sent by Agamemnon to Urge Achilles to Fight”
Artwork by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Year Created 1801
Summary of Ambassadors Sent by Agamemnon to Urge Achilles to Fight
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’ 1801 painting, The Ambassadors of Agamemnon in Achilles’ Tent, was created for the Prix de Rome competition. École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris has taken possession of the piece as of this writing.
All About Ambassadors Sent by Agamemnon to Urge Achilles to Fight
During the Trojan War, Achilles is shown refusing to listen to the Agamemnon-sent envoys, which is taken straight from Homer’s The Iliad.
Prize-winning artists competing in 1801 were given the subject of a warrior procession to battle, and Ingres’ take on the subject emphasised psychological conflict above physical conflict.
That Ingres could paint a human figure from a sculpture by Pseudo-Philidas was one of the main goals of this work. It shows Ingres’ command of the human form in classical historical painting.
Jacques-Louis David’s studio trained Ingres, who painted this piece in the neoclassical style. One of John Flaxman’s earliest Paris exhibitions is clearly visible here as well.
Information Citations
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