File:Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus.jpg
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Summary
William Holman Hunt: Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q211763 |
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Title |
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Valentine Rescuing Sylvia From Proteus |
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
between 1850 and 1851 date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1851-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 , framed, with arched top |
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Dimensions |
height: 100.2 cm (39.4 in); width: 133.4 cm (52.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,100.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,133.4U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1799857 |
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Current location |
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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
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 | 07:08, 21 December 2014 | 1,999 × 1,518 (2.14 MB) | Smyth | Straighten and crop frame |
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Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | GIMP 2.8.4 |
File change date and time | 14:04, 21 December 2014 |
Exif version | 2.1 |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Image width | 2,334 px |
Image height | 1,852 px |