# The Death of Alcestis

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ALLAR, André-Joseph](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/allar-andr-joseph-rec87e27fef4b39>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Marble, 165 x 100 x 150 cm

## Commentary

The subject is the conjugal virtue of the heroine of the tragic drama Alcestis by the fifth-century B.C. Greek poet Euripides. When her husband angered the gods, Alcestis volunteered to give her life so that his might be spared. This marble group was inspired by the death of the artist&#39;s wife.

## Related artworks

- [Child from Abruzzo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/allar-andr-joseph-rec87e27fef4b39/child-from-abruzzo-r790b10055157bd>)
- [Pierre Guillaume Frédéric Le Play](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/allar-andr-joseph-rec87e27fef4b39/pierre-guillaume-frdric-le-play-r9dbe2904b053de>)
- [The Goodbyes of Alcestis \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/allar-andr-joseph-rec87e27fef4b39/the-goodbyes-of-alcestis-detail-rb27d6d3de20b2c>)
- [The Goodbyes of Alcestis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/allar-andr-joseph-rec87e27fef4b39/the-goodbyes-of-alcestis-r49292c37193f5a>)
- [The Goodbyes of Alcestis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/allar-andr-joseph-rec87e27fef4b39/the-goodbyes-of-alcestis-rf71cc612237438>)

## Attribution

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