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The Scapegoat (1854–1856) is a painting by William Holman Hunt which depicts the "scapegoat" described in the Book of Leviticus.On the Day of Atonement, a goat would have its horns wrapped with a red cloth – representing the sins of the community – and be driven off.
In the Bible, a scapegoat is one of a pair of kid goats that is released into the wilderness, taking with it all sins and impurities, while the other is sacrificed. The concept first appears in the Book of Leviticus , in which a goat is designated to be cast into the desert to carry away the sins of the community.
Progress on the painting was delayed by difficulties with models, and eventually Hunt postponed it to work on another project, The Scapegoat. He eventually completed it in 1860, back in England. His friend Frederic George Stephens wrote a pamphlet containing a detailed explanation of the content and the characters. It was then shown in a series ...
Unlike most celebrity scions, the 30-year-old — who was born 18 months after her famous grandmother’s death — has shunned the spotlight, spending her days painting at her home in Tuscany, Italy.
The Scapegoat (1854–1856), Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight; The School-girl's Hymn (1858–59), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; London Bridge on the Night of the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales (1863–64), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; The Festival of St. Swithin (The Dovecot) (1865–66), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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The Shadow of Death is a religious painting by the English painter William Holman Hunt, on which he worked from 1870 to 1873, during his second trip to the Holy Land. [1] It depicts Jesus as a young man prior to his ministry, working as a carpenter. He is shown stretching his arms after sawing wood.
Struck Gogh-ld. A newly discovered Vincent van Gogh painting worth $15 million was likely found at a dusty Minnesota garage sale — where a buyer plunked down less than $50 for the world-famous ...