# The Goodbyes of Alcestis

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ALLAR, André-Joseph](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/allar-andr-joseph-rec87e27fef4b39>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: White marble, 72 x 66 cm

## Commentary

This marble is a reduced-size version of Allar&#39;s life-size model exhibited at the 1881 Paris Salon des artistes français. It received the prestigious médaille d&#39;honneur and was acquired by the French state for the Musée du Luxembourg. The marble portrays a scene from one of the great Greek tragedies, Alcestis by Euripides, written in 438 B.C.E. Allar here presents the moment that Alcestis passes from this world into the next.

## 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 Death of Alcestis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/allar-andr-joseph-rec87e27fef4b39/the-death-of-alcestis-rd638b826caa089>)
- [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>)

## Attribution

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