Monday, November 9, 2009

John Everett Millais - Pizarro seizing the Inca of Peru


signed and dated 1846
oil on panel
16 3/8 x 19 3/8"
Believed to be a small, preliminary version of Millais' first exhibited picture at the RA in 1846, when he was only 17. The larger version is in the V&A.
It has been traced to the dealer Gambart who sold it for 50gns.

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