Andromache Mourning Hector, 1783 St. Joseph Catholic Church He worked in various places

He worked in various places in central Italy

inventing her own style and achieving international fame in her lifetime

Christ speaks to the woman of the well and tells her of her sins

Christ's scourging at the pillar

Andromache Mourning Hector, 1783 St. Joseph Catholic Church He worked in various placesAndromache Mourning Hector is a 1783 oil painting by Jacques Louis David. The painting depicts an image from Homer's Iliad, showing Andromache, comforted by her son, Astyanax, mourning over her husband Hector, who has been killed by Achille Jacques Louis David was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.