European School (XX) - Oedipus

- Oil on canvas. Marouflage on plastic surface.

- In the shadow of Thebes, the young Oedipus gazes at the horizon with a brow weighed down by foreboding, trapped at the crossroads between his free will and the inexorable design of the gods. Each forward step, taken with the firm conviction to flee tragedy and protect his loved ones, weaves with surgical precision the plot of his own misfortune. Pondering the enigmas of the Sphinx and the dark warnings of the oracle, he bitterly perceives that destiny is not an external force to be avoided, but an invisible thread sewn into his own nature, where the blind quest for truth ends up becoming the very instrument of his ruin.

- Unframed image dimensions: 20 x 32 cm / 32 x 44 cm with exclusive custom frame.

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