Parable - The Hidden Treasure

Artist Sir John Everett Millais (Southampton, England, 1829 - 1896)

Datec. 1860

Mediumwatercolour on paper (3)

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsSight Size: 13.6 × 10.9cm
Frame Size: 32 × 73.1cm
Weight: 4.5kg - NB this is framed with two others, the weight refers to all three framed together

AcquisitionPurchased in 1947 with income from the Webster Bequest.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG004395

Keywords

Historic Title

The Sower

About MeAs a boy, John Everett Millais demonstrated a prodigious talent for drawing with an amazing technical ability. He entered Henry Sass' drawing school in 1838 and the Royal Academy Schools in London in 1840. With Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, he founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Inspired by early Italian art, they wished to produce art with a moral purpose.

Millais eventually distanced himself from the PRB in the 1850s, but his illustrations to Dalziel's 'Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ', show continuity with his Pre-Raphaelite work. The three paintings are watercolour versions of three of his parable illustrations: 'The Leaven', 'The Pharisee and the Publican' and 'The Hidden Treasure'.