Focus on Coresus Sacrificing Himself to Save Callirhoe and discuss the History.
The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1765 and earned Fragonard entry into the Académie Royale. It has been often described as Fragonard's effort to combine his own tendencies with academic requirements and it stands in stark contrast to the paintings for which Fragonard would later be known, erotic domestic scenes and figures of fantasy.
The work was acquired by  Louis XV and is now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The preparatory sketch for the work belongs to the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, and a ricordo has been part of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid since 1816. Later, Fragonard created a loose chalk sketch of the same scene but at a smaller scale. This drawing is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Musée du Louvre Académie Royale New York City Louis XV Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando Salon ricordo Louvre Paris Metropolitan Museum of Art