Andromache Mourning Hector
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| French: La Douleur et les Regrets d'Andromaque sur le corps d'Hector son mari | |
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| Artist | Jacques-Louis David |
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| Year | 1783 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 275 cm × 203 cm (108 in × 80 in) |
| Location | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
Andromache Mourning Hector is a 1783 oil painting by Jacques-Louis David. The painting depicts an image from Homer's Iliad, showing Andromache, comforted by her son, mourning over her husband Hector, who has been killed by Achilles.[1] This painting, presented on 23 August 1783, brought David election to the Académie Royale in 1784.[2]
