Sunday, April 23, 2023

 Edwin Austin Abbey
(1852 - 1911)

Edwin Austin Abbey RA was an American muralist, illustrator, and painter. He flourished at the beginning of what is now referred to as the "golden age" of illustration, and is best known for his drawings and paintings of Shakespearean and Victorian subjects, as well as for his painting of Edward VII's coronation. His most famous set of murals, The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, adorns the Boston Public Library.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Austin_Abbey


"Who Is Sylvia? What Is She, That All the Swains Commend Her?"
(The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
1896-1899 (reworked 1900)
oil on canvas
158 x 158 cm
NGA
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.177906.html

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