Raoul shows Valentine the corpses of Saint Bartholomew's Day (Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots, IV, 6) - Marckl
Date :
1836
Type of image :
Gravure sur bois
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
14x10 cm
Topic :
Storage Location :
ESTAMPES SCENES Huguenots (12)
Signed work
Description
(The sound of bells is heard again.)
RAOUL
It's done!... here's the hour!!
Heaven wants me to die!!
You stop me in vain!!
VALENTINE (holding him back)
I'm not leaving you!... Strike, here's my breast!
RAOUL (seeking to tear himself from her arms)
God! sustain my courage!...
(approaching the window on the right)
Here, see on this shore,
see these bloody corpses.
VALENTINE
Ah! what horror seizes my senses!...
(beside herself)
Raoul! they'll kill you!... stay! stay! or I die!
History :
1. Signed below the engraving on the left "Marckl".
Legend: "RAOUL. | VOIS CES CADAVRES SANGLANTS..."
Textual Sources :
Technical Data
Notice #024338
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bibliography :
Apolline Strèque, Les représentations théâtrales du règne des derniers Valois, Numéro Illustrer le roman national, 2025
