John William Godward, 1895 - Mischief and Repose - fine art print

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In 1895 John William Godward made the piece of art "Mischief and Repose". The over 120 years old original measures the size - 60,6 × 133 cm (23 7/8 × 52 3/8 in) and was painted with the medium oil on canvas. Besides, the artpiece is in the the The J. Paul Getty Museum's digital collection, which is located in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. With courtesy of: The J. Paul Getty Museum (license - public domain).Also, the artpiece has the following creditline: . Further, the alignment is in landscape format and has a ratio of 2 : 1, which implies that the length is two times longer than the width. The painter John William Godward was a European artist, whose style can mainly be assigned to Victorian Art. The artist lived for a total of 61 years and was born in the year 1861 in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom and died in 1922.

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Original information about the artwork by The J. Paul Getty Museum (© - The J. Paul Getty Museum - The J. Paul Getty Museum)

A young woman reclines on a tiger skin on a marble ledge while her companion teases her with a dress pin. They are dressed in diaphanous robes fashioned after chitons worn by women in ancient Greece. Another dress pin and the reclining woman's hair ribbon lie scattered on the marble floor.

For over half a century after the continued excavations of Pompeii began in 1748, artists were fascinated with Greek and Roman life. John William Godward painted many scenes like this one of idealized beauties in calm, often sterile environments. In this painting, the figure of Repose is arranged seductively, with her breast and nipple showing through the thin material of her dress. But there is something distinctly untouchable about these women; they do not engage the viewer with an inviting gaze nor solicit personal contact. Like their antique setting, they possess a monumental, marmoreal quality, resembling Greek statues frozen in time.