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Beauty Seeing the Image of her Home in the Fountain

Joseph Southall, 1897–1898

The Wilson: Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham

This work is one of a series illustrating episodes from the folk tale 'Beauty and the Beast' and has strong colouring and a good decorative effect. Southall was heavily influenced by Italian Renaissance art which led him to rediscover tempera. He was one of the founding members of the Society of Painters in Tempera in 1901 together with Walter Crane and Holman Hunt.

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Title of artwork, date

Beauty Seeing the Image of her Home in the Fountain, 1897–1898

Date supported

2004

Medium and material

Tempera on wood panel

Dimensions

73 x 68.5 cm

Grant

50000

Total cost

189000

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