John Everett Millais
The Woodman’s Daughter, 1851, oil on canvas, The Guildhall Art Gallery, UK.
The subject of the painting is taken from the poem of the same title by Coventry Patmore (1823-1896), British poet. It tells us about a relationship between Maud, the daughter of a woodman called Gerald and the son of the local Squire that comes to nothing because of their difference in rank. Maud bears a child which she drowns in a pond and goes mad. The models’ names are unknown. The girl’s face looks a bit hazy, because it was repainred by Millais in 1866 after some criticism.
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