The Entombment of Atala
Anne-Louis Girodet · 1808
Why it's great
A young woman is laid in a grave in a natural setting by a priest and a Native American man who loves her. Girodet painted a scene from a novel by Chateaubriand. The silvery light is dreamlike. It was a sensation in Paris in 1808.
Where to see it
📍 Musée GirodetMontargis, France
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Anne-Louis Girodet was born in Montargis, France, and studied under Jacques-Louis David. He became a leader of French Romanticism with dreamy, mysterious paintings. He lived in Rome and Paris. He died in Paris in 1824.
