William mulready the sonnet

  • This was one of Mulready's most popular works.
  • The Sonnet by William Mulready (–), , from Paintings Collection.
  • William Mulready, Irish, Title: The Sonnet.

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    William Mulready's painting "The Sonnet" is a masterpiece of Victorian art that has captivated art lovers for centuries. This painting is a perfect example of the artistic style of the time, with its attention to detail and ability to capture human emotion.

    The composition of the painting is impressive, with a woman seated in a chair while reading a sonnet. Behind her, a man leans out of a window, looking at her with love and admiration. The composition is balanced and harmonious, with careful attention to space and perspective.

    The color in the painting is vibrant and beautiful, with warm tones of orange and red blending with cool tones of blue and green. The color palette is rich and varied, giving the painting a sense of depth and texture.

    The story behind the painting is interesting too. Mulready is believed to have been inspired by a real love story to create the painting. The woman in the painting is his wife, while the man looking at her through the window is his lover.

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    Date
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    Mediumoil on canvas
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    Dimensions height: 36 cm ( in); width: 31 cm ( in)
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    This was one of Mulready's most popular works. The young man is courting the girl, and has written a poem for her as a token of his love. A critic observed: 'The youth is fiddling with his shoe-tie, but casting a upwards sly look, to ascertain what effect his lines produce upon the merry maid who reads themplacing her hand before her lips to suppress her laughter'.

    Object details

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    Object type
    TitleThe Sonnet (popular title)
    Materials and techniques

    oil on panel

    Brief description

    Oil painting entitled 'The Sonnet' by William Mulready. Great Britain,

    Physical description

    This small panel with its jewel like colour, is very thinly painted allowing us to perceive the powerful quality of life drawing in the figures of the shy young poet and the girl who reads his sonnet. The clothes, the trunks of the trees and the rocky foreground have a luminosity achieved by the thinly applied opaque colour over the light initial primin