How does Portrait of Mlle. Lange as Danae elucidate its Impact?
Although Danae was exhibited for just a few days, it was demonstrated at the Louvre during the height of the French Directory. Wishing to be forgotten, Miss Lange left France for Italy, where she found a new foothold. Some years later, she returned to France to visit and see how the city had changed. There, she saw a print after Girodet's Danae, to which she remarked (French: Ce portrait me fera mourir de chagrin) that the painting would make her die of grief. Miss Lange remained in Florence until her death in 1816.Girodet himself later expressed remorse over creating the painting, and refused to show it to friends.
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