Paul Delaroche The Young Martyr

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Paul Delaroche (1797 - 1856)
La Jeune Martyre (The Young Martyr) - 1855 - H. : 1,71 m. ; L. : i,48 k. Musée du Louvre

A Christian adult female, thrown into the river past the Romans for not having recanted, is discovered by other believers. Marked by the death of his married woman, Delaroche abandons the chestnut to ...
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Paul Delaroche (1797 - 1856)
La Jeune Martyre (The Young Martyr) - 1855 - H. : ane,71 m. ; 50. : one,48 m. Musée du Louvre

A Christian woman, thrown into the river by the Romans for non having recanted, is discovered by other believers. Marked by the decease of his wife, Delaroche abandons the chestnut to turn this martyrdom into an austere allegory of the sacrifice of youth. He thus renews the theme of Ophelia'south expiry, dear to the Romantic generation and the Pre-Raphaelites.

Donation by Rose, Adolphe and Louis Eichtal, in execution of the will of their father, Adolphe Eichtal, 1895
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Paul Delaroche (1797-1856)

Paul Delaroche is a French painter, born in 1797 and died in 1856 in Paris. Specialising in history paintings, his work was very appreciated during his lifetime and he received numerous commissions, notably for the Versailles Museum and the hemicycle of the Paris School of Fine Arts. The intelligence of his compositions and the effeminateness of his characters' features make him a remarkable painter