The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (Delaroche)

Painting by Paul Delaroche

The Assassination of the Duke of Guise

Artist| Paul Delaroche
Year| 1834
Medium| Oil on canvas
Dimensions| 57 cm × 98 cm (22 in × 39 in)
Location| Musée Condé, Chantilly

The Assassination of the Duke of Guise is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Paul Delaroche, created in 1834. It is held in the Musée Condé, in Chantilly, whilst a replica hangs in the Château de Blois. Another replica was made for the 2014 exhibition L'invention du passé. Histoires de cœur et d'épée en Europe, 1802–1850. at the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon.

The original was commissioned in 1833 by Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orléans and delivered in May 1834. It shows Henry I, Duke of Guise's assassination by Henry III's royal guard on 23 December 1588.[1][2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Nicole Garnier-Pelle, Chantilly, musée Condé: Peintures des xixe et xxe siècles, Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1997 (French)
2. ^ Matthieu Deldicque (dir.), Visages des guerres de religion, Dijon, Editions Faton, Domaine de Chantilly, 2023 (French)

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Paul Delaroche

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* The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1833)
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