Monday, March 2, 2009

John Everett Millais - The Escape of a Heretic, 1559


oil on panel
A smaller (9 1/2 x 7 1/4") replica of the artists RA exhibit of 1857.
The subject was suggested to Millais by his friend Sir William Sirling-Maxwell while Millais was staying with him at Keir House, near Dublane, Scotland. The setting is the staircase of Dalhousie Castle, near Edinburgh.

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