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Artist unknown, great Britain, late 19th century, the three…
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Melbourne
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30-Oct-2007
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Artist unknown, great Britain, late 19th century, the three Marys at the Empty Tomb, oil on three panels left: oil on hessian 159.7 x 140 cm. Charcoal composition sketch on reverse. Centre: oil on hessian 159.7 x 177.5 cm. Right: oil on canvas, 160 x 134 cm. The pre-Raph'lite style which flourished in the 1850s had a long half-life, persisting well into the twentieth-century, These three panels are a fine example of the 'Second Generation' of pre-Raph'lite medievalism, and probably date from the 1880s or 1890s. The work centres on the imposing, hieratic figure of the angel guarding Christ's empty tomb, with the sorrowing three Marys on the left and the sepulchre and a serpent-encircled tree of life on the right. The spandrels on each side of the thick golden arch which frames the narrative scene are filled with a celestial choir and orchestra with golden haloes and trumpets. The work is not a triptych
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Art: Oil Paintings and Acrylics