1843
oil
canvas
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Scene from Alexander Pope's 'Eloisa to Abelard' is a 1843 oil by Joseph Severn, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting depicts a scene from Alexander Pope's 'Eloisa to Abelard'. In the image, a group of women in white robes with crosses on their chests are gathered around a woman in a black headscarf. The women are standing in an arched, stone hallway with a basket of flowers on the floor. A man in a red robe is kneeling on the floor, reaching out to the woman in the black headscarf. The atmosphere of the scene is one of solemnity and reverence. If you're interested in learning more about the artist behind this piece, you might want to look up Joseph Severn.
Joseph Severn (7 December 1793 – 3 August 1879) was an English portrait and subject painter and a personal friend of the English poet John Keats.
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