| Scene in a Ruined Chapel | |
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| Artist | Fleury François Richard |
| Year | 1824 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 48.5 cm × 38 cm (19.1 in × 15 in) |
| Location | Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon |
Scene in a Ruined Chapel is an oil on canvas painting by French painter Fleury François Richard, from 1824. It is held at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.
Description
The scene shows a typical interest of romantic painters, the ruins of ancient religious or secular buildings, often from the Middle Ages. In this case, Richard depicts the interior of a long ruined chapel of church. A woman lies enigmatically in the ground, at the center of the composition, for unknown reasons. Her presence there adds to the mystery of the scene.
References
- Sylvie Ramond (dir.), Gérard Bruyère and Léna Widerkher, Le Temps de la peinture: Lyon, 1800-1914, Lyon, Fage éditions, 2007 (French)
- Deneer, Eveline (2011). "Between Dou and David: the importance of seventeenth-century Dutch art to troubadour painting in France, 1790—1830". Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art. 35 (3/4): 218–236. ISSN 0037-5411. JSTOR 23350317.
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