Does anyone know the history behind La Jeune Martyr by Paul Delaroche?

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Does anyone know the history behind La Jeune Martyr by Paul Delaroche?

2006-10-25 09:00:47 · 2 answers · asked by jennaythegreat 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting

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Delaroche may be best known today for his painting 'The Young Martyr' which hangs in Louvre, Paris.

Depicting the death of a young Christian martyr in the 3rd century A.D. during the reign of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, this painting was completed a year before his death in 1856. Le Jeune Martyre' has been called the 'Christian Ophelia' since it resembles Pre-Raphaelite artists portrayals of Ophelia from Shakespeare's Hamlet.

2006-10-25 09:46:06 · answer #1 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

sure i do

2006-10-25 16:19:45 · answer #2 · answered by hghazoly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋