ANTIQUE 1928 ILLUSTRATION PRINT

‘LORENZO AND ISABELLA’

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Approx. 15 1/2 inches X 11 1/4 inches

 

ARTIST:

From the picture by Sir John Millais, P.R.A

Photo: W.F.Mansell

Reproduced by permission of the Corporation of Liverpool

 

PUBLICATION:

PICTORIAL EDUCATION

MAY 1928

EVANS BROTHERS LTD.

MONTAGUE HOUSE,

RUSSELL SQUARE

LONDON W.C.1

 

NOTES / OTHER DETAILS:

 

LORENZO AND ISABELLA

By Sir John Millais, P.R.A (1829-1896)

 

This picture and the Boyhood of Raleigh

are typical illustrations of Millais’ two strongly contrasting styles.

Lorenzo and Isabella was painted when he was a young man

and a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood,

and was influenced considerably by the work

of early Italian painters.

 

It is very interesting on account of the variety of expressions,

both in the faces and the attitudes of the characters,

portrayed with quiet humour and precise technique.

The composition is apt and clever,

particularly skillful the arrangement of the faces,

so that each one shows clearly.

We can scarcely believe that the same artist could have painted

the two pictures. 

 

Lorenzo and Isabella

lived in Old Florence (ITALY) when that city was in the height of its glory.

Their sad story, told by Boccaccio (1350),

was retold in verse by John Keats in

“Isabella; or the Pot of Basil”.

 

In the Picture, Isabella is seated by Lorenzo,

“a young palmer in Love’s eye!”

Opposite sit her two brothers, who, jealous of Lorenzo,

“resolved in some forest dim,

To kill Lorenzo, and there bury him.”

The dresses and general setting portray Italian life

in the fourteenth century.

 

This beautiful ANTIQUE FINE PRINT will look good FRAMED. 

 

  

 

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