Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833). Collection of the National Gallery, London. In 1553, at just 15 years old, Lady Jane Grey was reluctantly thrust onto the English throne ...

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A long-lost painting by the French master Paul Delaroche has resurfaced thanks to the sleuthing work carried out by the BBC program Fake or Fortune. The art collector and dealer Neil Wilson ...

Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey is at the National Gallery (020 7747 2885, www.nationalgallery.org.uk) until 23 May. Daily 10am-6pm, Friday until 9pm. Admission £8, concs available.

Emotion and dramatic coloring are typical of this period. Similarly La Jeune Martyre (The Young Martyr) by Paul Delaroche (1855) presents a peaceful figure; a victim of her surroundings, caught in a ...

Painting wasn’t dead in 1839 when an artist called Paul Delaroche declared it had been swiftly dispatched by the new daguerreotype. Painting still isn’t dead in 2016 when conceptual art and ...