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Description: | This is an early nineteenth century copy after a painting of 1808 by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy. Girodet was one of the star pupils of the neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). The subject, Atala, is taken from the 1801 novel of the same name by François-René de Chateaubriand. Atala preferred to take poison rather than succumb to carnal love. The moment chosen is the burial of Atala in the grotto, where a hermit winds linen round the body. The characters are the heartbroken Chactas, the noble savage, the corpse of Atala and Père Aubry. | Subjects: | literature (Atala Chateaubriand) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, Anne-Louis (French painter and illustrator, 1767-1824) Æ After | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8711... | Go to resource |
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