Who painted “The Young Martyr”?

“The Young Martyr” was painted by Paul Delaroche in 1855. Where to see it: Louvre.

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Academic Art: smooth, glossy surfaces and idealised figures, usually from myth, the Bible or history; Realism shows ordinary people and Impressionism visible, broken strokes.

Hippolyte-Paul Delaroche (17 July 1797 – 4 November 1856) was a French painter known for his depiction of scenes from English and French history. The emotions emphasised in Delaroche's paintings appeal to Romanticism while the detail of his work along with the deglorified portrayal of historic figures follow the trends of Academicism and Neoclassicism. Wikipedia

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“The Execution of Lady Jane Grey”, 1833
“Bonaparte Crossing the Alps”, 1848
“Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers”, 1836
“Portrait of Henriette Sontag”, 1831
“The Children of Edward”, 1830
“The Assassination of the Duke of Guise”, 1834
“Napoléon Bonaparte abdicated in Fontainebleau”, 1845
“Resting on the Banks of the Tiber”, 1838