Talk:Oedipus and the Sphinx
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Oedipus and the Sphinx is an 1864 oil-on-canvas painting by Gustave Moreau that depicts the meeting between Oedipus and the Sphinx on the road to Delphi. The painting was first exhibited at the French Salon of 1864, where it was an immediate success. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Painting: Gustave Moreau