Bronze Age Gold from Wales
The good Samaritan
MILLET, Jean-François (1814-1875)
In the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan a social outcast comes to the aid of a man who has been robbed and abandoned at the roadside. Millet's painting makes a modern analogy of this moral tale, but with an added satirical twist. Rather than a victim of attack, the ailing figure on the right appears to have fallen into a drunken stupor.
Work was part of the AFA tour (2009-2010): From Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2477
Creation/Production
MILLET, Jean-François
Date: 1846
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/4/1952
Measurements
Height
(cm): 41
Width
(cm): 32.7
Height
(in): 16
Width
(in): 12
h(cm) frame:65.5
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:58.0
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:13.0
d(cm)
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
In store
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