The Father's Leave-Taking
Catalogue
- Year
- 1879
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- plate: 19 x 25.4 cm (7 1/2 x 10 in.) sheet: 28.7 x 44 cm (11 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.) overall (mat size): 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Artist
- William Holman Hunt
Artist
Painting
William Holman Hunt was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings were notable for their great attention to detail, vivid colour, and elaborate symbolism. These features were influenced by the writings of John Ruskin and Thomas Carlyle, according to whom the world itself should be read as a system of visual signs. For Hunt, it was the duty of the artist to reveal the correspondence between sign and fact. Of all the members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Hunt remained most true to their ideals throughout his career. He was always keen to maximise the popular appeal and public visibility of his works.
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- William Holman Hunt
- Year
- 1879
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- plate: 19 x 25.4 cm (7 1/2 x 10 in.) sheet: 28.7 x 44 cm (11 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.) overall (mat size): 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1879-274783
Source
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Source
- nga
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified