![The Virgin Swooning [recto], Ford Madox Brown, 1844](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/963761a7-8b89-442f-8764-41df355da1bc/full/!1600,1600/0/default.jpg)
Ford Madox BrownRoyaume-Uni, 1821–1893The Virgin Swooning [recto]
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Pas exposée actuellement
Où est « The Virgin Swooning [recto] » aujourd’hui ? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Pas exposée actuellement. Vérifié 29 septembre 2026.
Washington, États-Unis
Elle appartient à la collection, mais n’est pas présentée en ce moment.
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- Le musée
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- 1987.73.1.a
Ce qu’elle montre
Au catalogue
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image : National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
Dans la vie de Ford Madox Brown
La vie entière1842
A year of loss: his father and first child die
In the summer the painter’s father, who lived with the young couple in Montmartre, died, and in November Brown and Elizabeth’s first child died in infancy.
1843
No success at the Westminster cartoon competition
Brown submitted “The Body of Harold Brought before William” to the competition for decorating the new Palace of Westminster, without success.
19 juillet 1843
Daughter born: Lucy Madox Brown
1845
To Rome for his ailing wife
Back in England in 1844, the family set off for Rome in 1845, hoping to relieve Elizabeth’s consumption. That year in Basel Brown was influenced by the works of Holbein.
1845–1846
In Rome: Overbeck, Cornelius and the Nazarenes
In Rome Brown met Friedrich Overbeck and Peter Cornelius and drew close to the Nazarenes. Much of what he took from them later influenced the Pre-Raphaelites.
1846
Elizabeth dies on the way back from Rome
Elizabeth, ill with consumption, died in Paris aged 27 on the journey from Rome back to England. She was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.



![Two Drapery Studies [verso], Ford Madox Brown, c. 1844](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/5683f6a3-1928-48a3-8367-d0f71af636b3/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)













