Jonge vrouw met roos voor de spiegel

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 532 mm x breedte 358 mm

Art Historical Context

Achille Devéria's *Jonge vrouw met ro voor de spiegel* (Young Woman with a Rose Before the Mirror), in 1831, the essence of Romantic-era elegance through lithography. This intimate portrait depicts a poised young woman gazing into a mirror while holding a rose, evoking themes of beauty, vanity, and quiet introspection—hallmarks of the period's fascination with feminine grace and sentimentality. Devéria, a prominent French artist (1800–1857), was renowned for his delicate fashion plates and character studies, blending neoclassical precision with Romantic lyricism. Lithography, the medium here,...

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...