File:Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus.jpg
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Summary
William Holman Hunt: Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus
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| Title |
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Valentine Rescuing Sylvia From Proteus |
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| Object type |
painting  |
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| Date | between 1850 and 1851 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas, framed, with arched top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 100.2 cm (39.4 in); width: 133.4 cm (52.5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fine Art Paintings and Sculpture |
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| Accession number |
1887P953 |
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| Object history | purchased from the artist by Francis McCracken on November 24, 1851 for 100 guineas; Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Royal Academy, 1851 (no.594); Liverpool Academy, 1851; Liverpool, 1969 (no.19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchased by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1887. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Signature, date and location bottom left: W. HOLMAN HUNT 1851. Kent
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| Notes | Models: James Lennox Hannay sat for the figure of Valentine. James Aspinal sat for the figure of Proteus. Elizabeth Siddal sat for the figure of Sylvia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery http://www.bmagprints.org.uk/image.php?id=407568 http://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/explore-art/items/1887P953/two-gentlemen-of-verona-valentine-rescuing-sylvia-from-proteus Rossetti Archive Art UK https://www.pubhist.com/w22912 |
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| Source/Photographer | Art Renewal Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 14:08, 21 December 2014 | | 1,999 × 1,518 (2.14 MB) | Smyth | Straighten and crop frame |
| 00:13, 10 February 2011 | No thumbnail | 2,334 × 1,852 (2.05 MB) | Raul654 | {{Information |Description=Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus |Source=http://www.artrenewal.org/artwork/914/914/11336/valentine_rescuing_sylvia_from_proteus-huge.jpg |Date=1851 |Author=William Holman Hunt |Permission={{PD-art}} |other_versions= }} |
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