The Funeral of Atala

The Funeral of Atala

people; cave; grave; shovel; plants; ground; trees; cross; brown; white; green; red

In a cave, two people hold up the body of another person. One of them lowers the body down into a grave while the other sits at the edge of the grave, clutching the third person. A shovel lies in the foreground, and in the background, past the mouth of the cave, there are trees and a large cross silhouetted in the sun.

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767-1824)

Born: January 29, 1767 (Montargis, France)
Died: December 9, 1824 (age 57 years) (Paris, France)

10963, Visual Resources Library, EL

circa 1811

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High Museum of Art

Art Form: Painting
Material: oil on canvas
Measurements: 35 x 46 3/8 in.

19th century; Romanticism