The Day of the Dead by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1859
The First Mourning by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1888
Alceste mourante by Jean-Francois-Pierre Peyron,1785
The Widow's Mite by John Everett Millais, 1870
In Memoriam by Alfred Stevens, c.1861
In Memoriam by Alfred Stevens, c.1858-61
The Mourning Widow by Carl Wilhelm Huebner, 1852
La Douleur (Sorrow) by Émile Friant, 1989
Valentine of Milan Mourning her Husband, the Duke of Orléans
by Fleury-François Richard, 1802
Mourning for Icarusby Draper Herbert James, 1898
Mrs. Howes in mourning dress c.1860s(via the fashion criminal)
Portrait of a NoblewomanDressed in Mourning
by Jacobo da Empoli, c.1600
Mourning by Umberto Boccioni, 1910
Mourningby Jules Charles Boquet
Virgin Mary Mourning by Jose de Ribera, 17th century
The Mourning of László Hunyadi by Viktor Madarász, 1859
Widow mourning in Egyptartist unknown
Youth Mourningby Sir George Clausen, 1916
A Young Widowby Edward Killingworth Johnson
The Dowager Electress Palatine in mourning by Jan Frans van Douven, 1717
Andromache Mourning Over Body of Hector by Jacques-Louis David, 1783
Indian Widow by Joseph Wright, 1785
Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo by William Hogarth, 1759
while I weep for Mrs Howe-The Dowager Electress Palatine shows a shocking lack of feeling. Beautifully pulled together. Wonder why the Alfred Stevens virginal white?
ReplyDeleteI wondered that myself, augury. Perhaps an unknowing visitor?
ReplyDeleteWhile these are heartbreaking, they are beautiful in their collective misery. Johnson's Young Widow especially reminds us of all a woman lost when she lost her husband so long ago. Not just her husband, and therefore her income, but basically her youth as well.
I am mourning for my darling son and these images speak so powerfully to me. Thank you for posting them.
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