| Scene in a Ruined Chapel | |
| Artist: | Fleury François Richard |
| Year: | 1824 |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 48.5 |
| Width Metric: | 38 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon |
| City: | Lyon |
Scene in a Ruined Chapel is an oil on canvas painting by French painter Fleury François Richard, from 1824. It is held at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.[1]
The scene shows a typical interest of romantic painters, the ruins of ancient religious or secular buildings, often from the Middle Ages. In this case, Richard depicts the interior of a long ruined chapel of church. A woman lies enigmatically in the ground, at the center of the composition, for unknown reasons. Her presence there adds to the mystery of the scene.[2]