Isabella and the Pot of Basil, William Holman Hunt (large version)
Image from Get Into New Castle. Original is in the Liang Art Gallery, which doesn’t have its collection online. This article on The Journal shows the size of the original.
This is the larger of two versions painted by Holman-Hunt. The smaller one, which is only 24×16″ (60x39cm) is in the Delaware Art Museum (image above, second from bottom), where I have been marveling at its jewel-like qualities since I was a child. Unfortunately I can’t find a larger or better quality reproduction of that one.
It’s also interesting to compare Holman-Hunt’s paintings with John White Alexander’s very different interpretation of the same scene from the story (image above, bottom).
For more on the painting, and the story, see my posts on William Holman-Hunt and John White Alexander.
