Katherine and Petruchio (painting)
| Katherine and Petruchio | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Robert Braithwaite Martineau |
| Year | 1855 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 92 cm × 71 cm (36 in × 28 in) |
| Location | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
Katherine and Petruchio is an 1855 oil painting by the British artist Robert Braithwaite Martineau. It depicts a scene from William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew in which the ambitious Petruchio attempts to charm and court the heiress Katherina Minola in Padua.[1][2]
Martineau was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of the early Victorian era. The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1855 at the National Gallery in London. Today it is in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, having beren acquired in 1950.[3]
References
- ^ Harrison, Casley & Whiteley p.140
- ^ Ashton p.24
- ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/katherine-and-petruchio-142339
Bibliography
- Ashton, Geoffrey. Shakespeare's Heroines in the Nineteenth Century. Derbyshire Museum Service, 1980.
- Harrison, Colin, Casley, Catherine & Whiteley, Jon. The Ashmolean Museum: Complete Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings. Ashmolean Museum, 2004.