The Sower (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ) 1864 After Sir John Everett Millais British It took Millais seven years to design twenty images inspired by New Testament Parables for the Dalziel Brothers, and the resulting prints are considered pinnacles of wood engraved illustration. The artist wrote to his publishers, "I can do ordinary drawings as quickly as most men, but these designs can scarcely be regarded in the same light—each Parable I illustrate perhaps a dozen times before I fix [the image]." After completing a design, Millais transferred it to a woodblock coated with
The Sower (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ) 1864 After Sir John Everett Millais British It took Millais seven years to design twenty images inspired by New Testament Parables for the Dalziel Brothers, and the resulting prints are considered pinnacles of wood engraved illustration. The artist wrote to his publishers, "I can do ordinary drawings as quickly as most men, but these designs can scarcely be regarded in the same light—each Parable I illustrate perhaps a dozen times before I fix [the image]." After completing a design, Millais transferred it to a woodblock coated with "Chinese" white for skilled engravers to carve. Finally, he reviewed proofs, and final adjustments were made before the final Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-8) describes how seeds scattered on different grounds meet different fates, and Millais shows some eaten by birds and others falling on rocky soil with the sower silhouetted against the sky. Pre-Raphaelite ideals shaped the combination of detailed naturalism and down-to-earth imagery to produce a work distinctly different than most religious art of the The Sower (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ) 382265 Artist: After Sir John Everett Millais, British, Southampton 1829?1896 London, Engraver: Dalziel Brothers, British, active 1839?1893, The Sower (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ), 1864, Wood engraving; proof on India paper, image: 5 1/2 x 4 5/16 in. ( x cm) sheet: 7 5/16 x 6 1/16 in. ( x cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1921 ((1))
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