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William Holman Hunt's Portrait of Henry Wentworth Monk

<p> The thesis examines the connection between Jan van Eyck&rsquo;s (c. 1390-1441) <i>Portrait of a Man</i> (<i>&ldquo;L&eacute;al Souvenir&rdquo;</i>) (1432) and William Holman Hunt&rsquo;s portrait of <i>Henry Wentworth Monk</i> (1858). Holman Hunt and Henry Monk shared a period of personal transformation upon their first meeting in Syria in 1854 and again in London in 1858. The execution of Monk&rsquo;s portrait coincided with National Gallery&rsquo;s acquisition of <i>L&eacute;al Souvenir</i> in 1857. Hunt&rsquo;s appropriation of stylistic elements and themes drawn from van Eyck&rsquo;s pictures is a subject that has been addressed by scholars in Hunt&rsquo;s major works throughout his artistic career. The little known portrait of Monk has, heretofore, been excluded from the current scholarship on this topic. A careful reading of Hunt&rsquo;s signs and symbols argues for its inclusion.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10278374
Date08 July 2017
CreatorsRunnels, Jennie Mae
PublisherVirginia Commonwealth University
Source SetsProQuest.com
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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