Andromache Mourning Hector

Andromache Mourning Hector is a 1783 oil-on-canvas painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David. The painting depicts an image from Homer's Iliad, showing Andromache, comforted by her son, Astyanax, mourning over her husband Hector, who has been killed by Achilles.^[1] This painting, presented on 23 August 1783, brought David election to the Académie Royale in 1784.^[2]

Andromache Mourning Hector
French: La Douleur et les Regrets d'Andromaque sur le corps d'Hector son mari
Artist	Jacques-Louis David
Year	1783
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	275 cm × 203 cm (108 in × 80 in)
Location	Musée du Louvre, Paris

See also

• List of paintings by Jacques-Louis David