Quelle 6: Fabien Pillet zur 1833 gemalten Jane Grey von Delaroche (Bild)

Fabien Pillet: Salon de 1834, in: Le moniteur universel, 10. März 1834, S. 533f., zitiert nach Ziff 1977, S. 130.

I am not afraid to be charged with exaggeration in saying ... that this composition profoundly moves the soul of the spectator: ‘I have seen, I have seen genuine tears flowing!’

Quelle 7: Delaroche zu seiner Marie Antoinette von 1851

Louis Ulbach: Paul Delaroche, in: Revue de Paris, Bd. XXXVI (1. April 1857), S. 349-372, hier S. 354f, zitiert nach Ziff 1977, S. 239f.

Thus, in good conscience, I cannot reproach myself … for having made the queen too fat, despite her misfortunes, because that is strictly true; no more than I will not regret having shown her bareheaded, which is historic. The white hairs, do they not add to the pity and respect inspired by this noble head still young and lovely? … It is necessary that the spectator, who arrives indifferent, believes immediately what he sees, if you wish to move profoundly, and if I had made my heroine indeed slim and composed with a veil, I would not have attained the effect that I sought.