The Prisoner of Chillon (painting)
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| Artist | Eugène Delacroix |
| Year | 1834 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 73.5 cm × 92.5 cm (28.9 in × 36.4 in) |
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The Prisoner of Chillon (French: Le Prisonnier de Chillon) is an 1834 oil painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.[1] It depicts a scene from the 1816 poem of the same title by the British writer Lord Byron set in the sixteenth century.[2] It portrays the Swiss hero François Bonivard chained in a dungeon of Chillon Castle, straining to reach out towards his younger brother.[3]
It was exhibited at the Salon of 1835 at the Louvre in Paris.[4] It received a mixed reception, but generally admired for its brushwork and energy.[5] It is now in the collection of the Louvre, having been acquired in 1906.[6]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Allard, Sébastien; Fabre, Côme (2018). Delacroix. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Alston, Isabella (2014). Delacroix. TAJ Books International.
- Davies, Elspeth (1994). Portrait of Delacroix. Pentland Press.
- Johnson, Lee (1981). The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix: A Critical Catalogue, 1816–1831. Vol. 3. Clarendon Press.
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