The Ruling Passion
| The Ruling Passion | |
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| Artist | John Everett Millais |
| Year | 1885 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 160.7 cm × 215.9 cm (63.3 in × 85.0 in) |
| Location | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow |
The Ruling Passion, sometimes called The Ornithologist, is a painting by
Royal Academy Exhibition in 1885
.
The painting depicts an older man lying on a
king bird of paradise, to a group of children and a woman. The older girl on the left of the picture is holding a resplendent quetzal, and other specimens are scattered about. The attitude of the children ranges from the enthralled interest of the youngest two to the comparative indifference, almost boredom, of the oldest girl.[1]
The work was inspired by a visit that Millais and his son
William Milbourne James
).
The painting was well received: the influential critic Ruskin said that it was one of "only three things worth looking at" in the R.A. exhibition.
See also
References
- ISBN 0-09-189579-0.
- ^ Millais, John Guille (1899). The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais. Volume II. New York: Frederick A. Stokes. pp. 169–170.
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