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Can anyone help me identify a painting that is displayed at The Louvre?

Posted by on March 7, 2010 · 4 Comments 

I am trying to find out the name and artist of a painting that I don’t have a picture of… not an easy thing to do. I think it is somewhat famous and it is displayed at The Louvre. It is a woman in a white dress floating dead in some water and she has a halo over her head. The background is almost completely black but there is a very subtle outline of a dark ominous figure. I think it is from the mid to late 19th Century. Thanks for your help!

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4 Responses to “Can anyone help me identify a painting that is displayed at The Louvre?”
  1. angela l says:
    March 7, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    P. Delaroche, La Jeune Martyre, 1855, Louvre, Paris
    Check for yourself http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://hypo.ge-dip.etat-ge.ch/athena/ophelia/delarma1.gif&imgrefurl=http://hypo.ge-dip.etat-ge.ch/athena/ophelia/delarma1.html&h=332&w=290&sz=44&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=xyaMYvWEGxGm0M:&tbnh=119&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dophelia%2Blouvre%2B%2B%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den

  2. Jane Barleycorn says:
    March 7, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    La Justice amene l’Abondance et l’industie sur la terre 1827 by Juean Alaux Boredaux

  3. Christia C says:
    March 7, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    It sounds like the painting Ophiela (sp)
    You should be able to go to the Louvre website and get your answer.

  4. liver_n_jello says:
    March 7, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    P. Delaroche, La Jeune Martyre, composed in 1855 and is now located at the Louvre in Paris