The Highland Lassie
Date1854
Artist
John Everett Millais
(English painter, 1829–1896)
MediumOil on board
Dimensions8 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (21.6 × 17.1 cm)
frame: 14 x 12 in. (35.6 x 30.5 cm)
frame: 14 x 12 in. (35.6 x 30.5 cm)
Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Object number1935-54
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextMillais painted this portrait of an unknown Scottish girl while on holiday in the Trossachs in the Highlands of Scotland. Millais’ extraordinary technical ability is readily apparent in the precise linear rendering of the figure’s hair and clothing, in contrast with the cool, smooth skin of her face. His close observation and detailed rendering of all aspects of the portrait are quintessentially Pre-Raphaelite.
