Rebecca and Brian de Bois-Guilbert
| Rebecca and Brian de Bois-Guilbert | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Léon Cogniet |
| Year | 1828 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 88.5 cm × 116 cm (34.8 in × 46 in) |
| Location | Wallace Collection, London |
Rebecca and Brian de Bois-Guilbert is an 1828 oil painting by the French artist Léon Cogniet.[1] It depicts a scene from the 1819 novel Ivanhoe, one of Walter Scott's Waverley Novels that takes place in the Medieval era.[2] Scott's stories were very popular in France during the Restoration period and a number of romantic painters drew on them for inspiration for their works. It also reflected the growing influence of Orientalism in art.[3] It portrays the abduction of Rebecca by a member of the Knights Templar Brian de Bois-Guilbert.
The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1831 at the Louvre in Paris.[4] Today it is in the Wallace Collection in London, having been acquired by the Marquess of Hertford by 1846.[5]
References
- ^ Riobó p.111
- ^ Ingamells p.41
- ^ Tarling p.156
- ^ https://salons.musee-orsay.fr/Detail/objects/137585
- ^ Wallace Collection
Bibliography
- Ingamells, John. The Wallace Collection: French nineteenth century. Trustees of the Wallace Collection, 1985.
- Riobó, Carlos. Caught between the Lines: Captives, Frontiers, and National Identity in Argentine Literature and Art. University of Nebraska Press, 2019.
- Tarling, Nicholas. Orientalism and the Operatic World. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.