A Forerunner

by John Everett Millais

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$1,000

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1.000 x 20.000 x 0.500 inches

Title

A Forerunner

Artist

John Everett Millais

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

This is a reproduction of “A Forerunner”of 1896 by John Everett Millais. He was sixty-seven years old when he created this work. This is an interesting and unusual depiction of John the Baptist, one of the most depicted figures from the Christian New Testament. Millais was a child prodigy and entered the Royal Academy Schools at the age of eleven in 1840. While in the schools he met William Hunt and Dante rossetti with whom he founded the Brotherhood in 1848 at the age of nineteen. His Christ in the House of his Parents drew him controversial attention within two years and English Art circle were divided in their opinions regarding the new movement. He married the recently divorced wife of an art critic who defended the movement and this drew more controversy to the young Millais. In his later career he began to draw away from the Pre-Raphaelite style and approached more closely the manner of Joshua Reynolds and Velazquez. He entered the royal Academy of Arts in 1853 and in 1885 he was created a baronet by Queen Victoria. He died in 1896. This painting is an oil on canvas and measures 55.59 by 32.36 inches. It is in the Glasgow Museum, Scotland.

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