Amy Robsart ontsnapt uit Cumnor Place

About this artwork

Scène uit de historische roman 'Kenilworth' van (Sir) Walter Scott (1821).

Art Historical Context

This 1837 lithograph by French artist Achille Devéria captures a dramatic moment from Sir Walter Scott’s popular historical novel *Kenilworth* (1821). The scene depicts Amy Robsart’s desperate escape from Cumnor Place, where she has been confined by her ambitious husband, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Devéria, a leading figure in the Romantic movement, specialized in literary and historical subjects, using the relatively new medium of lithography to reach a wide audience with affordable, high-quality prints. Lithography allowed artists to achieve rich tonal effects and fluid lines that cl...

About the Artist

Achille Devéria · 1800–1857

Achille Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria (1800–1857) was a French painter and lithographer whose prolific output and sophisticated portrait work made him one of the most important visual chroniclers of French Romantic culture. Born in Paris on February 6, 1800, Devéria came of age during the Restoration period and became closely associated with the Romantic movement that dominated French arts and letter...