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The Apotheosis of Homer is completed

1827 CE · Europe · Culture

The Apotheosis of Homer is completed
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The Apotheosis of Homer is a grand 1827 painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, now exhibited at the Louvre as INV 5417. The symmetrical composition depicts Homer being crowned by a winged figure personifying Victory or the Universe.

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