Charles Jalabert

Jalabert was born in Nîmes. One of his most famous works was the oil on canvas painting called The Plague of Thebes. The painting referred to the Athenian tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Thebes is ravaged by plague as a result of the corruption in the place and the murderer of Laius, the former king of the city. The attempts of Oedipus, the incumbent ruler, to allay the plague bring him only to the realization that he is the cause of the plague. His murdering his own father and marrying his mother, he comes to see, is what brought the curse to Thebes. The Plague of Thebes, and other famous works of Jalabert's, like Oedipus and Antigone, are now on display at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes.

Charles Jalabert studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Paul Delaroche and Alexandre-Marie Colin is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Charles Jalabert is recorded in the collections of Philadelphia Museum of Art, Condé Museum, Walters Art Museum, New York Historical and Hermitage Museum. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and Officer of the Legion of Honour.

• Illustration — Nymphs Listening to the Songs of Orpheus (1853), Walters Art Museum. • Illustration — The Plague of Thebes: Oedipus and Antigone (1842), Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille\ • Illustration — Souvenir de Carnaval (1861), 29 x 18,5 cm, oil on panel. private collection • Illustration — Italian Girl (after 1862), Walters Art Museum • Illustration — Portrait of Henri d'Orléans (1866), Musée Condé