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nov 29, 1798 - Andromache and Astyanax

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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.

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nov 29, 1798
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~ 227 years ago

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