Peace Concluded, 1856
Sir John Everett Millaisexpand_more
Oil on canvasexpand_more
The Putnam Dana McMillan Fundexpand_more 69.48
On View in Gallery 357expand_more
At first glance this appears to be a family portrait complete with realistic details of middle-class English decor. In fact, it is a staged scene of domestic harmony, celebrating the end of the Crimean War. The father, a wounded officer, holds a copy of the Times announcing the war's end. One daughter clasps his combat medal. On the mother's lap, four animals from the toy Noah's Ark represent the four belligerents: Britain (lion), Russia (bear), the Ottoman Empire (turkey), and France (rooster). The girl at the left holds a dove with an olive branch in its beak, a symbol of peace. Millais belonged to a group of English painters called the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Their work emphasized close observation of nature and the depiction of contemporary events.
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- Peace Concluded
- Artist Life
- 1829 - 1896
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- Artist
- Accession Number
- 69.48
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