One for the Shakespeare buffs 🎭 📜 🎨
— Tate (@Tate) November 13, 2024
This painting by John Everett Millais is of Mariana, a character from Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure. The story goes that Mariana’s fiancé Angelo leaves after her family’s money is lost in a shipwreck. Still in love with him, she… pic.twitter.com/igXhHasysE
I like the Pre-Raphaelites too. My favorite was Waterhouse. He did a good one of St. Cecilia, and also the Lady of Shalott. Millais did one of Ophelia, which I always thought wss sad.
ReplyDeleteI like those too. I also liked Edward Burne-Jones' stuff. He had a lot of Greek mythology themes.
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