DELAROCHE, t• t. ( 1 797 .\ french historical painter. born in Paris, July 17, 1797. Ile was a pupil of Banal Grass, and one of the most painter; of lii. time. in his "Joan of .\ re" and the "Death of I,Me•tt Elizabeth" he es,ayed to follow the Ilotnatitie School, but early turned to his torical paintit•!. Ili: "Death of the ;1114l ()petting the Collin of Charles 1." are executed with technical power and fine drat itit Ilk "Children of Ed ward IV. in the Tower" appeared in 1831. Amor g ill er historical subjects are the "Exe cution of Lady Jane Grey" and "Lord Strafford lull Ilse to by the Par most ambitions work, finished in 1411. is the benti•yele in the Theatre of the Eeole des Bemis; rt, in Paris. In it the art, of different nations are .11.11j1•101. 111111 the geventy live life siie f•ttres tint occupy the van vas are portraits of the artists of times and countries represented. The figure that repre sents Gothic architecture is said to be a portrait of the painter's wife, who was a daughter of lloraee Vernet. .\fter her death, which occurred in 1845, It note of tenderness and pathos scents to have been added to his work, and under the inspiration of grief. as it mere. he lnoduced sec. era I sacred works. Ilis "Christian Alartyr" is widely known, and the "Crown of Thorns" and the ••i;eturn trout Golgotha" show ;t spontaneity and freedom of treatment not always apparent in the works of 1)cl:troche, and express It new impulse born of lore and sorrow. "Calvary"
;Appeared in 1853. and "Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane" iu 185t. Among his later his torical works are: ill rollthilleblefill," painted in 141 "Bonaparte at saint Bernard" 1850t ; and "Nlarie .\ntoinette Before the Revo lutiona•y Tribunal" (18511. 1)elaroehe painted without impetuosity, and with little feeling. Ile had the pictorial souse in a high degree, and sometime, bordered on the mein dramatie. llis large and sumptuous picture of the "I)eath of Queen Elizabeth" is an instance of this. Ile painted rich stuffs with great skill, but never tottelted high sentiment or deep feel ing. S. W. IZeynolds, 1)esclaux, and others have (ligraved hi: principal works. Delaroehe was a member of the institute, and a professor in the Kettle des Beaux-Arts; he received of an officer of the Legion of 'Honor. Ile died in Paris, November -I, IS511. ConS11lt : Strata Ilan, .1 I I is, ory of Pre nch l'a ( New York, ism)) ; 11 ocicrn inters and Thcfr ( Boston, 1899) ; ':lane. //istoire des printris f ra aca is au NI V. 18'451; Rees, Dclaroche ( London, ISSO).