Pierre Narcisse Guerin. Clytemnestra hesitates before killing the sleeping Agamemnon while her accomplice Egistus urges her on
Guerin, Pierre Narcisse
French, 1774 - 1833
Clytemnestra hesitates before killing the sleeping Agamemnon while her accomplice Egistus urges her on c 817
pen and ink, watercolour and gouache on laid paper
26.7 x 21.7 cm
Purchase, 1989
#89/376
© 2001: Art Gallery of Ontario
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[1] (Galerie Cailleux, Paris); purchased 1989 by the Art Gallery of Ontario
[1] No provenance before 1989.
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