Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm, 50 × 70 cm, 70 × 100 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.
About the work
- Artist
- Gustave Moreau
- Date
- 1864
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 206.4 × 104.8 cm (81 1/4 × 41 1/4 in)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Print up to
- 70 × 100 cm
- Reference
- XDV-2015
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Look at the Sphinx's claws: she isn't perched beside Oedipus, she's fastened onto him. One paw digs into his chest, the other coils around his thigh, bodies nearly fused in an impossible embrace. Not a coincidence: the Greek word 'sphinx' derives from 'to grasp,' and Moreau seems to take that literally. This isn't the distant riddle-dialogue of Ingres's version, it's hand-to-hand combat where the outcome still hangs in the balance. Oedipus's calm is the only clue he'll walk away. What if that stillness were the real answer to the riddle?
