Le Mal du Siècle

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