1851
oil
panel
From the collection of Fitzwilliam Museum
The Bridesmaid is a 1851 oil by John Everett Millais, held at Fitzwilliam Museum.
The painting depicts a woman with long, curly red hair and a yellow dress adorned with a white ribbon and green leaves. She sits at a table with a red plate and an orange, accompanied by a silver object. The background is a dark blue wall. The woman's attire and the objects on the table suggest a sense of elegance and refinement. The overall atmosphere of the painting is one of quiet contemplation. To learn more about the artist's use of color and light, explore the technique of chiaroscuro.
The Bridesmaid is an 1851 oil painting by the British artist John Everett Millais. It depicts a young woman, having served as a bridesmaid, passing a piece of wedding cake through a ring nine times. These were traditional gestures in the belief they would show an image of a husband for her in the near future. Millais had emerged as both a founder and one of the leading Pre-Raphaelite artists during the mid-nineteenth century. Today the painting is in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, having been acquired in 1889. Millais painted another painting with the same title in…
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Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet ( MIL-ay; 8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
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