Isabella and the Pot of Basil (Millais)
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Isabella and the Pot of Basil (Millais) is an 1868 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John Everett Millais depicting a tragic scene from John Keats’s poem “Isabella, or the Pot of Basil.”
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Isabella and the Pot of Basil (1868 painting by Millais) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Isabella, or the Pot of Basil
NERFINISHED
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poem by John Keats ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
earth tones
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predominantly brown ⓘ predominantly green ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | John Everett Millais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | British ⓘ |
| depicts |
Isabella
NERFINISHED
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Isabella embracing the pot of basil ⓘ Isabella in profile ⓘ Isabella leaning over a pot ⓘ Isabella wearing a white gown ⓘ Isabella with long hair ⓘ Victorian interpretation of a Romantic poem ⓘ basil growing from pot containing Lorenzo’s head ⓘ basil plant ⓘ bedroom setting ⓘ candlestick ⓘ decorative floor tiles ⓘ detailed decorative patterns ⓘ gothic-style furniture ⓘ intense emotional expression ⓘ interior scene ⓘ melancholic atmosphere ⓘ ornate pot ⓘ pot of basil ⓘ rich textiles ⓘ severed head of Lorenzo ⓘ symbolism of basil as love and mourning ⓘ theme of obsessive grief ⓘ |
| genre | history painting ⓘ |
| inception | 1868 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Italian Renaissance tale as retold by Keats
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story of Isabella and Lorenzo ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (visual artwork) ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
death
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mourning ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| movement | Pre-Raphaelite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Victorian art ⓘ |
| title | Isabella and the Pot of Basil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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