Museum Art Reproductions The Execution of Lady Jane Gray, 1833 by Paul Delaroche (Hippolyte Delaroche) (1797-1856, France) | WahooArt.com

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"The Execution of Lady Jane Gray"

Paul Delaroche (Hippolyte Delaroche) - Oil On Canvas (i) - 97 x 117 cm - 1833 - (National Gallery (London, United Kingdom)) (i)
In 1833, Paul Delaroche (Hippolyte Delaroche) finished the execution of Lady Jane Grey. The execution of Lady Jane Grey, represented in this work of art, took place over three centuries before. It was initially shown at the Salon de Paris in 1834, when it created a stir. The picture shows the last moments of the life of Jane Grey, a seventeen-year-old great granddaughter of Henry VII who was declared Queen of England after the death of young King Edward VI, a Protestant like herself, when he died. As we look at the painting we experience a myriad of feelings – horror of what is about to happen, compassion and pity for the fate of the young girl, despair that such a thing could take place in a civilised society. The way Delaroche has painted the scene makes us feel that we are there, standing in front of the victim. The picture depicts the circumstances leading up to the murder of Lady Jane Grey, who was crowned Queen of England on 10 July 1553, only to be deposed nine days later and killed in 1554. Jane is known as the "Nine Days' Queen" because of the briefness of her reign.

 




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