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Set design for act 3 of the première of the French revised version of Gluck's opera Alceste, which had a largely rewritten third act. Based on the play Alcestis by Euripides, it tells the tale of a wife willing to sacrifice herself to save her husband, and her husband's unwillingness to let her die on his behalf. Hercules, wearing the Nemean lion's skin can be seen in the foreground.