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| Title | The Entombment of Atala | |
| Original Translation | Les funerailles d'Atala | |
| Collection | Ferens Art Gallery, Hull | |
| Artist | After Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, Anne-Louis (French painter and illustrator, 1767-1824) | |
| Date Earliest | probably 1808 | |
| Date Latest | about 1820 | |
| 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. | |
| Current Accession Number | 826 | |
| Subject | literature (Atala, Chateaubriand) | |
| Measurements | 114.0 x 138 cm.0 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Unknown. | |
| Notes | Inscriptions on back, label on stretcher: 'Atala in the tomb/by Girodet/lent by JF [illeg] nt/2 [] Jermyn S. London'. | |
| Rights Owner | Ferens Art Gallery, Hull | |
| Author | Dr Ruth Stewart | |