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Prisoner of Chillon

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  • Brown, Ford Madox: Pretty Baa-Lambs
    In Ford Madox Brown

    …in London when painting his Prisoner of Chillon (1843). During a visit to Italy in 1845, he met Peter von Cornelius, a member of the former Lukasbund, or Nazarenes. This meeting undoubtedly influenced both Brown’s palette and his style. His interest in brilliant, clear colour and neomedievalism first appears in…

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