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Date

1868

Artist

John William Hill (1812-1879)

Collection

Brooklyn Museum

Image Link

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2884

Description

This tour-de-force watercolor depicts the artist's home and studio, where a circle of friends met regularly to discuss the writings of John Ruskin and plan the formation of the American Pre-Raphaelites. With delicately stippled brushwork, John William Hill articulated every botanical detail in accordance with the Ruskinian belief that God is manifest in nature's tiniest forms. This humble rural scene also alludes to the biblical passage from Christ's "Sermon on the Mount": "Consider the lilies of the field. . . . And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."
Descriptive medium: Watercolor with traces of opaque watercolor over graphite pencil on medium weight, slightly textured wove paper
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Image Credit

Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum

Location

West Nyack, New York, USA

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Buildings
Trees
Fields
Flowers

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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