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The Shadow of Death, 1873-74. Oil on panel.
Oil on panel · 104.5 × 82 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Pre-Raphaelite
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- Museum title
- The Shadow of Death
- Artist
- William Holman Hunt (English, 1827-1910)
- Date
- 1873-74
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 104.5 × 82 cm (41 × 32 1/4 in.); Framed: 137.2 × 115.9 × 9.6 cm (54 × 45 5/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Joseph Winterbotham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1827–1910
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.