歐菲莉亞

Ophelia

1851 · Painting · 111.8 × 76.2 cm

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奥菲莉娅（Ophelia）是英国画家約翰·艾佛雷特·米萊（John Everett Millais

）于1851～1852年绘制的布面油画，為米莱個人以及前拉斐尔派的经典作品，现藏于伦敦泰特美术馆，是镇馆之宝之一。

畫作取材自威廉·莎士比亚《哈姆雷特》劇中角色奥菲莉娅，描繪其落水的场景。奥菲莉娅被哈姆雷特拒绝，父亲波洛涅斯又被刺死，双重打击之下精神失常，甚至失足落水而溺毙。

畫作的风景部分写生自英格兰东南部萨里郡霍格米尔河畔，人物部分則於伦敦高爾街的工作室中完成，以藝術家Elizabeth Siddal為模特兒。

1850
The scandal over “Christ in the House of His Parents”
Christ in the House of His Parents (1850) was judged excessively realistic, showing a working-class Holy Family in a messy carpentry workshop, and The Times called it outrageous. Millais was undaunted: the critic John Ruskin saw his outstanding talent at once and backed him, and his works were always accepted for the Academy’s exhibitions, however radical.
1851–1852
Elizabeth Siddal sits for “Ophelia”
For Ophelia (1851–52), his best-known painting, Millais portrayed Rossetti’s beloved Elizabeth Siddal as the heroine. The dense, elaborate pictorial surface, weaving the figure into the natural world, has been described as a kind of “pictorial eco-system”.
1853
Elected an associate member of the Royal Academy
In 1853 Millais was elected an associate member of the Royal Academy of Arts.
summer 1853
A summer at Glenfinlas: falling in love with Effie Ruskin
In the summer of 1853 John Ruskin and his wife Effie invited Millais to spend the summer with them at Glenfinlas, where Millais and Effie fell in love. Effie modelled for his The Order of Release; her marriage to Ruskin, which had lasted several years, was annulled after her parents realised something was wrong and she filed for annulment, and Millais and Effie then married.