Mariana (Millais)
John Everett Millais · 1851
The story
Mariana, also known as Mariana in the Moated Grange, is an 1851 oil-on-panel painting by John Everett Millais. The image depicts the solitary Mariana from William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, as retold in Tennyson's 1830 poem "Mariana". The painting is regarded as an example of Millais's "precision, attention to detail, and stellar ability as a colorist". It has been held by Tate Britain since 1999.
- Artist
- John Everett Millais
- Date
- 1851
- Collection
- Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
- Movement
- Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Medium
- mahogany wood, oil paint
- Size
- 49.5 × 59.7 cm
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