Trevor Winkfield

I’m so glad you’re enjoying the Gustave Moreau book I gave you. I thought it might appeal to the jeweler in you. Alas, you won’t see much of Moreau’s work here in the States—he’s far too complex and “over the top” for most American tastes, which is why his painting “Oedipus and the Sphinx” (1864) is always allocated to such an out-of-the-way gallery in the Metropolitan Museum.
Gustave Moreau, "Oedipus and the Sphinx," 1864. Oil on canvas, 81 1/4 x 41 1/4". Bequest of William H. Herriman, 1920. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY.

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