Scene in a Ruined Chapel

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.[1]

Scene in a Ruined Chapel
ArtistFleury François Richard
Year1824
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions48.5 cm × 38 cm (19.1 in × 15 in)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon

Description

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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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Sylvie Ramond (dir.), Gérard Bruyère and Léna Widerkher, Le Temps de la peinture: Lyon, 1800-1914, Lyon, Fage éditions, 2007 (French)
  2. ^ 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.