Karen Elson on Millais' Ophelia | TateShots

slow art story by Karen Elson

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Karen Elson compares her own experience of modelling with that of Pre-Raphaelite muse Elizabeth Siddal, Millais’s long-suffering model for ‘Ophelia’.

Via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2weF5YbPdeE

Tate Gallery, Britain
Main Floor: Room 1840

"Ophelia"

by John Everett Millais

john everett millais - ophelia painting analysis Sir John Everett Millais: OPHELIA Elizabeth Siddal Pre-Raphaelite Artist & Model | Millais' Ophelia 1852