Poster Paul Delaroche - The young martyr

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

A Christian woman, thrown into the river by the Romans for not having recanted, is discovered by other believers. Marked by the death of his wife, Delaroche abandons the anecdote to turn this martyrdom into an austere allegory of the sacrifice of youth. He thus renews the theme of Ophelia's death, 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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