Art World The Tragic ‘Ophelia’ Epitomized Pre-Raphaelite Beauty. Here Are 3 Facts You Might Not Know About the Mesmerizing Painting. Secrets of John Everett Millais's painting, from its flower ...

Art Bites: Millais’s Muse Fell Ill After Posing for ‘Ophelia’ Elizabeth Siddal posed for the painting in a bathtub that was poorly warmed. John Everett Millais, Ophelia (1851–52) Photo ...

Ophelia was bought from the artist on Dec 10, 1851 by art dealer Mr Henry Farrer for 300 guineas. He sold it on to a keen Pre-Raphaelite collector called Mr BG Windus, who then sold it in 1862 for ...

The painting depicts Ophelia, the character from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, singing while floating in the river before she drowns. Millais’s model was a young woman, Elizabeth Siddall, 19.

English artist John Everett Millais began painting Ophelia in 1851-just three years after he, William Holman Hunt, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.