An Idyll

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A classical scene depicting an emotional moment between lovers in a lush garden, filled with flowering plants and trees. The young man, with short fair hair and pale yellow robes, sits at one end of a carved stone seat, his face turned away from his lover, holding a section of his robe up to his mouth. The young woman with deep red hair in a bun at the back of her head, wearing white robes, leans forward towards him with one arm on his shoulder. Yellow fabric is draped over the top of the seat on the right. In the background to the left is a carved stone fountain surrounded by yellow iris and overshadowed by a bush of pink roses. A single stem of bright orange lilies stands in the bottom right corner, and orange, white and yellow poppies dot the foreground and the grass in the distance.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

An Idyll

Date

1893

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 86.5 x W 78.9 cm

Accession number

1917.223

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Mr James Thomas Blair, 1917

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed bl on base of fountain with anthemion and dated: 93 Verso inscribed : An Idyll / A.Moore / 2 Spenser St / Victoria St. S.W

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