The Suffering Romantic Hero
MelancholiaAlbrecht Dürer, 1513
MelancholyConstance Charpentier, 1801
Lord ByronRichard Westall, 1813
John KeatsJoseph Severn, 1820
Young Man by the SeaHippolyte Flandrin, 1836
Ovid Among the ScythiansEugène Delacroix, 1862
The Prodigal SonEmile Salomé, 1863
MelancholyEdgar Degas, c. 1874
Musset’s ConfessionAdolphe Lalauze, 1893
Charles BaudelaireGeorges Rochegrosse, 1917
Chateaubriand’s René
Closing Scene of RenéFranz Ludwig Catel, c. 1820
François René de Chateaubriand (René)Gustave Staal, 1860
Mme. de Staël and Corinne
Benjamin ConstantHercule de Roches, c. 1830
Mme. de Staël and Her DaughterMarguerite Gérard, c. 1805
Mme. de Staël as CorinneFirmin Massot, 1807
Mme. de StaëlJean-Baptiste Isabey, 1810
Mme. de Staël as CorinneVladimir Borovikovsky, 1812
Mme. de StaëlFrançois Gérard, 1817
Corinne at Cape MisenoFrançois Gérard, 1819
Le Château de Coppet