Andromache and Astyanax, ca. 1798, Pen and gray ink with brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk, 11 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (29.8 x 21.9 cm), Drawings, Pierre Paul Prud'hon (French, Cluny 1758–1823 Paris), Didot initially commissioned Prud'hon to design the frontispiece to The Works of Racine (1801–5) and five illustrations to the play Andromache. This design for Act 2 depicts the heroine embracing her son Astyanax and exclaiming that she still sees her dead husband in his features ('It is you, dear husband, whom I embrace')
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Andromache, Astyanax, ca, 1798, Pen, gray ink, brush, brown wash, traces, black chalk, 11 3/4 x 8 5/8, 29.8 21.9 cm, Drawings, Pierre Paul Prud'hon, French, Cluny, 1758–1823, Paris, Didot initially, commissioned, Prud'hon, design, frontispiece, Works, Racine, 1801–5, five illustrations, play Andromache, Act 2, depicts, heroine embracing, son Astyanax, exclaiming, sees, dead husband, features, you, dear, whom I, embrace
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