John Everett MillaisVerenigd Koninkrijk, 1829–1896Love
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Over het werk
This image of two lovers clasped in each other’s arms is based on a poem of the same name – ‘Love’. The poem is by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) and describes a lovers' midnight meeting. It appeared in an illustrated edition of Poets of the Nineteenth Century published by the Dalziel brothers in 1857. They were key figures in the printed book trade at this time and commissioned the work of artists for their editions.
This watercolour was painted some five years later by the British artist John Everett Millais (1829-1896). He was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of 19th-century painters, poets and writers who looked to early Renaissance painters for inspiration. Here, for example, Millais has shown the lovers in ‘medieval’ dress.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- 178-1894
What it shows
In de catalogus
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- Afbeelding: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Intussen, in het leven van John Everett Millais
Het hele leven13 mei 1860
Son born: Mary Hunt Millais
1862
The house at 7 Cromwell Place, Kensington
From 1862 the Millais family lived at 7 Cromwell Place, Kensington, London.
10 april 1862
Daughter born: Alice Sophia Caroline Millais
1863
Becomes a full member of the Royal Academy
A decade after becoming an associate, in 1863 Millais was elected a full member of the Royal Academy of Arts, in which he was a prominent and active participant.
18 september 1863
Son born: Sir Geoffrey William Millais, 4th Bt.
1864
Illustrations of Christ’s parables and the Kinnoull windows
In 1864 his complex illustrations of the parables of Jesus were published; his father-in-law commissioned stained-glass windows based on them for Kinnoull Parish Church. Millais was also very successful as a book illustrator, notably of Anthony Trollope’s novels and Tennyson’s poems, and provided illustrations for magazines such as Good Words.
