Oedipus at Colonus

Fulchran Jean Harriet

Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting depicts two figures, a man and a woman, in an outdoor setting. The man has white hair and wears a red cloth draped over his shoulders, a blue-gray tunic, and a white cloth wrapped around his lower body. He sits on a stone surface with his left leg bent and his right leg extended. The woman lies on her side with her head resting on the man's lap. She wears a blue headband and an orange-red cloth wrapped around her lower body. Her right arm rests on her stomach, and her left arm is bent at the elbow with her hand near her head. In the background, there is a stone pillar behind the pair, and a landscape with trees, buildings, and a cloudy sky. A bird is flying in the upper left corner of the painting. The artist's signature appears in the lower right corner. The scene represents Oedipus at Colonus by Fulchran Jean Harriet.