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Thanks to Stan Mitchell for clarifying the actuality of Jephthah's daughter's sacrifice. I'd like to see this impassioned painting when I next come to Wales, and others by John Everett Millais in the Tate galleries. Maybe next year when, hopefully, international travel restrictions will be eased.

Who is the woman sharing (with the daughter) the centre of the picture?
[ I presume the woman being comforted on the right, is the mother? ]

This is an excellent work of art but it should be noted that the scriptures do not actually support this literal interpretation of Jepthah's words. The God of Israel detested human sacrifice and the Bible explains that the daughters of Israel went to commiserate with Jepthah's daughter for four days of every year after the event, weeping with her over her virginity. Clearly her life spent in service at the tabernacle was the symbolic 'burnt sacrifice' that Jepthah promised his God. This should be made clear in the description as Bible scholars may wish to verify this for themselves.

This is absolutely my favourite piece in the museum and is a beautiful pre-Raphaelite painting. The emotions are so wonderfully detailed on each characters face. I always start each trip to the museum by re-visiting this painting.

what a beautiful piece! i felt really touched when i saw it and hope that i\'ll be back in Wales soon to watch it again. a rather perfect structural harmony between characters, colors and ligth. so nice!

I have actually seen this piece in Cardiff, and it is an amazing example of pre-Raphaelite art which tells a very intricate story with several different moods and classes of people within one painting. I just hope I go back soon enough to see it again, because I think that overall, this is my favourite painting

why not?