Lucy Ashton and Ravenswood Visiting Blind Alice
by BROCKY, Károly, Oil on canvas, 79 x 79 cm
In the 1840s Brocky painted mainly portraits of women and children and scenes from the novels of Walter Scott. This painting depicts a scene from Walter Scott’s novel, The Bride of Lammermoor. The libretto of Gaetano Donizetti’s well-known opera was based on this novel.
Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 4 minutes):
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II, Sextet