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| Reading the Will | |
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| Artist | David Wilkie |
| Year | 1820 |
| Type | Oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 76 cm × 115 cm (30 in × 45 in) |
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Reading the Will is an 1820 genre painting by the British artist David Wilkie. It is inspired by a scene from the 1815 novel Guy Mannering the Waverley series by Walter Scott[1] although this was not widely appreciated by contemporary critics.[2]
The painting was commissioned by Maximilian I of Bavaria. It was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1820 at Somerset House in London.[3] Today it is in the collection of the Neue Pinakothek in Munich.[4]
See also
[edit]- The Reading of the Will Concluded, an 1811 painting of a similar theme by Edward Bird
References
[edit]- ↑ Tromans p.97
- ↑ "1820 Imaging Im/Mortality at Somerset House".
- ↑ Tromans p.10
- ↑ "Sammlung | Die Testamentseröffnung". www.sammlung.pinakothek.de. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
Bibliography
[edit]- Macmillan, Duncan. Scottish Art, 1460-2000. Mainstream Publishing, 2000.
- Tromans, Nicholas. David Wilkie: The People's Painter. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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