Art, literature & history
Oedipe chez le Sphinx
1842
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- lithograph on wove paper
- Dimensions
- image: 23.3 x 20.1 cm (9 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 35.6 x 27.5 cm (14 x 10 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1993.2.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Honoré Daumier. Oedipe chez le Sphinx. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Oedipe chez le Sphinx — Honoré Daumier. 1842.
Medium: lithograph on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 23.3 x 20.1 cm (9 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 35.6 x 27.5 cm (14 x 10 13/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1993.2.1. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.