Study for "Antiochus and Stratonice"
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 24.2 × 30.5 cm · framed: 33.3 × 39.5 × 5.4 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Jacques de Caso in memory of Alice Cagliostro and Domenick Cagliostro
Accession Number
2008.69
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About this artwork
Struck by a mysterious illness, Antiochus lies in bed near death. His grieving father, who has recently taken Stratonice as his wife, summons a doctor. Noticing that the sight of the young woman quickens Antiochus’s pulse and that passion causes his sickness, the doctor describes the youth’s predicament to his father, who selflessly offers Stratonice to his son. The subject, both a love story and an example of parental devotion, enjoyed considerable popularity well into the 1800s.