Semiramis Building Babylon

Sémiramis construisant Babylone

Semiramis Building Babylon

Edgar Degas · 1860

Musée d'Orsay

Paris, France

About this painting

A history painting of the legendary Assyrian queen, revealing the young Degas still working in the grand academic tradition years before ballet and cafés seized him.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

151 × 258 cm (59.4 × 101.6 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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