Orphan Girl at the Cemetery
1824 · Oil on canvas · Musée du Louvre, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863)
- Year
- 1824
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 65.5 × 54.3 cm
- Collection
- Musée du Louvre, Paris
- Movement
- Romanticism
A young girl in a loose grey dress that has slipped from one shoulder sits among graves and looks up and to the left, her eyes wet, her lips parted, one hand resting weakly on her thigh. Nothing explains her grief; the dim sky and the deserted burial ground carry it. Delacroix painted the picture in 1824, the year of his Massacre at Chios, and showed it at the Salon that year simply as a study. It is usually thought to be a preparatory work connected with the larger painting, but it stands entirely on its own and is one of the most direct images of feeling in French Romanticism. Delacroix gave it to his friend Frédéric Leblond. The collector Étienne Moreau-Nélaton bought it in 1904 and gave it to the Louvre in 1906, with the condition that it never be lent.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A grieving girl in grey among graves under a dim sky, direct and tender, for a study, reading corner or quiet bedroom at 16×24 in black. A warm grey, sage or charcoal wall; hang it at eye level, not above furniture.
- Style
- Romanticism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1824)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; oak lightens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
