{"id":772,"date":"2010-03-24T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.ladyjanegrey.info\/?p=772"},"modified":"2013-06-02T21:53:52","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T20:53:52","slug":"visit-to-delaroche-painting-history-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?p=772","title":{"rendered":"Visit to Delaroche: Painting History Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday I visited the \u2018Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey\u2019<\/b><\/a> exhibition at the National Gallery.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Execution of Lady Jane Grey\u2019 <\/i>(1832) in Room 4 hangs on its own against dark drapes. This backdrop and clever lighting give the illusion that the painting is far larger than it normally looks in the main gallery. The colours are also more vibrant, with the white of Jane\u2019s clothing standing out in stark contrast to the dark background. <\/p>\n

\u2018The Execution of Lady Jane Grey\u2019 was influenced by Delaroche\u2019s experience of theatre performance and was also shaped by memories of traditional images of martyrdom.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

In Room 5 are preliminary sketches of the painting, copies by other artists, engravings inspired by and a painting of the original owner (Anatole Demidoff).<\/p>\n

The National Gallery suggests that Anais Aubert (an actress) may have been Delaroche\u2019s model for Jane Grey.<\/p>\n

The preliminary sketches include:<\/p>\n

Study for Jane Grey (squared – 1832\/3)
\nStudy for 2 hands
\nStudies with ladies- in- waiting & executioner (squared \u2013 1832\/3)
\nStudy for Jane Grey<\/p>\n

Notes of one study:<\/p>\n

\u2018Here Delaroche has established the structure of his picture, though the character of the executioner is markedly different.<\/i> (The executioner is holding a long sword instead of an axe).<\/p>\n

Jane\u2019s dress is also very different and \u2018strongly resembles one worn by Anais Aubert in a tiny intimate portrait by Delaroche. This helps to corroborate Anais Aubert posed for Lady Jane Grey at least in the preliminary stages.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

The National Gallery also suggests that \u2018If AA modelled for the young queen, the model for the lieutenant may be a certain Charles Guyot mentioned in a letter from Delaroche arranging a sitting.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

Copies by other artists and engravings inspired by Delaroche<\/b><\/p>\n

Giovanna Grey (1837)
\nGiuseppe Gatti (1807-1880) and Gaetano Dura (1805-1878)
\nAfter drawing by Achille Deveria (1800-1857)<\/p>\n

Jane Grey (about 1857)
\nPaolo Mercuri (1804-1884)<\/p>\n

Feckenham by order of the Queen visits Lady Jane Gray in the Tower (1792)
\nWilliam Bromly (1769-1842)
\nAfter James Northcote (1746-1831)<\/p>\n

Two wood engravings appeared in Paris magazines weeks after the opening of the Paris Salon in 1834 (where \u2018The Execution of Lady Jane Grey\u2019 was first displayed).<\/p>\n

Death of Jane Grey after painting by Paul Delaroche
\nDeath of Jane Grey after an English painting<\/p>\n

Charles Grignion (1717-1810)
\nAfter Samuel Wale (1721-1786)<\/p>\n

Death of Lady Jane Gray engraved for William Henry Montague (A New & Universal History of Enfland to the End of Year 1770)<\/i><\/p>\n

The exhibition also includes:<\/p>\n

Anne Boleyn in the Tower shortly after her arrest (1835)
\nEdouard Cibot (1799-1877)<\/p>\n

The figures here derive from the ladies-in-waiting in \u2018The Execution of Lady Jane Grey\u2019. For Cibot, it was above all the pathos of Delaroche\u2019s subject he wished to emulate.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

You can view it at:<\/p>\n

National Gallery Shop<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

There is a range of merchandise available from the National Gallery shop including:<\/p>\n

Exhibition catalogue (with an essay on Jane Grey by John Guy)
\nA DVD about the exhibition
\nPostcards<\/p>\n

Delaroche exhibition \u2013 National Gallery Shop<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

You can watch a clip from the DVD National Gallery Shop \u2013 Painting History DVD<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Italics = Copyright National Gallery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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