Knights preparing for a tournament

Details

Circle of Sir John Everett Millais, Bt. (1829-1896)
Knights preparing for a tournament
oil on panel
13½ x 26 in. (34.3 x 66.1 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This picture has something of the spirit of a juvenile work. The fluidity of line in many of the figures calls to mind the early work of Millais (see Play, Christie's, London, 6 June 1997, lot 37). However, in the absence of provenance and documentary evidence, the stylistic similarity to Millais's juvenalia is not sufficient to make a confident attribution.

We are grateful to Dr Malcolm Warner for his help with this catalogue note.

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