Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Jephthah
MILLAIS, Sir John Everett (1829-1896)
The Israelite general Jephthah was forced to kill his only daughter after he rashly promised he would sacrifice to God the first thing he saw on his return home if he was victorious in battle. At the Royal Academy in 1876, this painting was exhibited with the quotation 'Alas, my daughter! Thou has brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me, for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back'. (Judges XI, 35)
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 180
Creation/Production
MILLAIS, Sir John Everett
Date: 1867
Acquisition
Bequest, 1964
Measurements
Height
(cm): 127
Width
(cm): 162.7
Height
(in): 50
Width
(in): 64
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
In store
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