Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Arthur Hughes - The Knight of the Sun


1860
oil on canvas
Private Collection
one of a number of paintings that Hughes made around this time that featured sunsets. Also symbolic of course with the dying Knight.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can you please tell me where you got the date 1860 from for this painting?

Hermes said...

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/876370?uid=3738032&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=56116228133