The Illness Of Antiochus
''The Sickness of Antiochus'' or ''Stratonice and Antiochus'' is an 1840 painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. It is now in the Musée Condé in Chantilly, Oise, Chantilly. History In 1834 Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans commissioned a painting from Ingres to act as a pendant to Paul Delaroche's 1834 '':File:Delaroche - Assassinat du duc de Guise (Musée Condé).jpg, The Assassination of the Duke of Guise'' (now also in the musée Condé). That same year Ingres left for Rome to take up his post as director of the French Academy in Rome, French Academy. This delayed work on the commission, which began with a c.1838 sketch (now in the Cleveland Museum of Art). According to Lady Eglé Charlemont, she served as the model for Stratonice, Ingres' wife as the doctor, Hippolyte Flandrin for Antiochus' arms, and Ingres himself for Seleucus. The painting was completed in Rome in 1840, with help from assistants: Victor Baltard, then studying architecture ...
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