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The Death of Amy Robsart

Image credit: Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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A historical scene, showing an interior staircase. At the bottom of a flight of steps leading from a bedchamber lies a young woman. She wears a long white linen nightdress with long sleeves, and an oyster-pink dressing gown. Her long red hair lies around her, and her skin has a greenish tinge. She is dead. On the third step from the bottom stands a male courtier, dressed in dark clothes, who looks down at the body.

He stretches his hand behind him to stop a servant, who holds up his hands in horror. To the right is a window, which casts its light on the body. To the left is a bannister and lower stairwell.

Amy Robsart was the wife of Robert Dudley, later the Earl of Leicester.

Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

Nottingham

Title

The Death of Amy Robsart

Date

1878

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 87 x W 61 cm

Accession number

NCM 1968-17

Acquisition method

gift from Mr P. N. Gunsaker, 1968

Work type

Painting

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Nottingham City Council, Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG2 3NG England

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