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Lady Godiva

1870

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The story

Van Lerius showed his Godiva, making her sacrifice for the people of Coventry, at the Antwerp exhibition of 1870. The London publisher Henry Graves bought it in 1871, had Thomas L. Atkinson engrave it in mezzotint, and toured the canvas through most English towns, where it became famous.

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Object details

Title: Lady Godiva
Artist: Jozef Van Lerius
Date: 1870
Culture: Not recorded
Medium
Object type: Other
Collection: Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (1159)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0783
Original image: 2085 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Jozef Van Lerius. Lady Godiva. 1870. Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (1159). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0783/