#The Execution of Lady Jane Grey

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After almost five months and at least 150 hours later, I have finally finished this oil painting of Ghost based off of “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey” by Paul Delaroche. This has been such a challenge and adventure for me and I am beyond thrilled for everyone who has followed this through with me. You all are the best and I hope Tobias is able to see this one day. Thank you all!!

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The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833), (detail), by Paul Delaroche (French, 1797-1856), oil on canvas, 246 cm × 297 cm, The National Gallery, London

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old wip :3

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The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche, 1833 / "Castles Crumbling" by Taylor Swift

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8am start time isn’t going to work for me

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Paul Delaroche

The Execution of Lady Jane Grey

1833

Collection of the National Gallery, London.

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THE EXECUTION OF LADY JANE GREY by Paul Delaroche

Painted in the glory days of 1833, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey exemplifies the qualities of historical painting. It’s dramatic, technically exquisite, and a bit wrong on the factual details. These elements made history paintings popular in the 19th century and then passé soon after. [...] We see that in Delaroche’s painting The Execution of Lady Jane Grey. It has all the drama of Lady Jane’s tragic story but tells little truth of the matter. When Jane was 15 years old she was the Queen of England. But this only lasted nine days. A short time later, when she was still only 16 years old, the new Crown executed Lady Jane Grey. The details of how all this went down are confused in the Paul Delaroche depiction. Artistic license like this was a common flaw in history painting. Delaroche gives us a glorious portrait in oil, largely thanks to the intensity of his lights and darks. But that contrast wasn’t likely possible in the actual setting of Jane Grey’s execution ― outside. Delaroche seems to have set the scene in the Tower of London. This marks a significant setting throughout the story because Lady Jane stayed in the Tower while readying for her coronation; and then returned as a prisoner soon after. [...] The pure white silk of Jane Grey’s dress gleams with her innocence along with her porcelain skin. Her martyrdom thus punctuates the center of the otherwise shadowy canvas. It feels operatic thanks to dramatic facial expressions and gestures on the three women present. Lady Jane spreads her hands at her sides with an awkward pose so that her fingers appear to tremble. Her face holds the sad spectre of resignation. While Jane’s maids show much more emotion. One throws herself against the wall in agonizing grief while the other closes her eyes and lifts her face as if she can’t bear the weight of the situation. ©

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THE EXECUTION OF LADY JANE GREY (1833) by PAUL DELAROCHE

In the painting she is illuminated and vulnerable in a bright white petticoat, guided towards an execution block by an advisor as distraught ladies in waiting collapse around her and her executioner watches on.

Her fragility seeps through the canvas in a voyeuristic representation of a woman in pain. Her white undergarments stand as a stark contrast to the darkness of the people around her, revealing her innocence to the viewer.

The poor courtesy of her reaching out her hands to help her killer bring her to the block creates an unpleasant image of girlhood that the women of the painting can’t look at, leaving only the male executioners as witnesses.

It makes me think of all the girls and women who have been put on a pedestal, become the face of a movement, only to be martyred as they suffer at the hands of incompetent advisors or apathetic men – for example MARIE ANTIONETTE, whose death inspired DELAROCHE to paint this piece.

However, as we look at this painting in the twenty-first century, I believe we should not see her through this male gaze as a pitiful, naive pawn blindly stumbling to her death. In the time of GRETA THUNBERG and MALALA, it is evident that teenage girls are not passive but stand as the face of movements with agency, cause and passion.

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George Cruikshank - The execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1554 1840.

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I don't normally post personal pics on here but I saw this painting for the first time today in person, and I started to tear up before I got extremely self conscious about crying in a public gallery. But I stood and stared, and then I sat and stared, for a long time. People walked by and took photos and then walked away. A girl sat on the opposite side of the bench from me, drawing this in her sketchbook. This photo doesn't do it justice, it's really beautiful and awful. When I finally left, my mom asked "how long were you going to sit and look at that thing?" like it was nothing. I could have stayed longer.

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the butcher and the hunter-turned-prey: the execution of lady jane grey // shauna shipman and nat scatorccio, yellowjackets

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Fabric Details from The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833, oil on canvas) | Paul Delaroche

[finalgoddess]

The Execution of Lady Jane Grey is an oil painting by Paul Delaroche, completed in 1833, which is now in the National Gallery in London. It was enormously popular in the decades after it was painted, but in the 20th century realist historical paintings fell from critical favour and it was kept in storage for many decades, for much of which it was thought lost. Restored and displayed again since 1975, it immediately became a highly popular work once again, especially with younger visitors.

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L'Exécution de lady Jane Grey en la tour de Londres, l'an 1554 (detail) (1883) by Paul Delaroche

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hey guys so today i saw a painting titled "The Execution of Lady Jane Grey"

And it got me thinking about the Grey Lady at Hogwarts. They both obviously have the word 'grey' in their names, they both died at a young age, they both were killed by someone remorseful, and both were killed by a blade.

Can the Grey Lady have been inspired by Lady Jane Grey? idk sounds far fetched but also plausible. Someone pls confirm-

[tedemanzanilla]

Death of a young Martyr

The execution of Lady Jane Grey

by Paul Delaroche