Monday, January 3, 2011

John Everett Millais - Solemnity



Price Realized £3,250


signed and dated 'J E Millais/1846' (lower left) and with inscription 'SOLEMNITY' (on the remains of the old mount, lower centre)
pencil and brown wash, heightened with white on paper
9¾ x 13 5/8 in. (24.8 x 34.6 cm.)

The present drawing is an early drawing executed two years before the formation of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood.

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