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"THE BURIAL OF ATTALA"
Original painting by De Roussy Girodet, the cele-
brated French artist, hangs in the Louvre in Paris.
Scene from Chateau-
Was exhibited with great effect in 1808.
briand in which young Chartas and the old hermit, d'Aubray, are
burying the young Attala, who holds in her death clasp a cross to
her breast. In orphanhood Girodet received care and education
from the court physician, Dr. Troison, who upon his persistent
refusal to study architecture or go into the army or be aught but a
painter, placed him in the studio of David. After studying there
for some time, he went to Italy at the time of the Revolution and
was found ill and cared for by Gros, a painter, at Genoa.
was the basis of a lifelong friendship, which ended only when Gros
pronounced one of the orations delivered by artists at Girodet's
funeral.
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