Gemäldezyklus "Mariage à la Mode", Szene 6: Selbstmord der Comtesse

Marriage A-la-Mode: 6. The Lady's Death

The countess has read the news of the execution of her lover Silvertongue for the murder of the earl, and she has taken poison. The countess' child, his leg wasted by hereditary disease, is brought to say farewell to his mother. Her miserly father removes her ring. On the right, the idiot servant who brought the poison is scolded.