A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids [SEP] creator
A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids
A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids is a painting by William Holman Hunt that was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1850 and is now in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It was a companion to John Everett Millais's "Christ in the House of His Parents". Both artists sought to depict similar episodes from very early Christian history, portraying families helping an injured individual. Both also stressed the primitivism of
in which Hunt is played by Rafe Spall.
Facing Mar Elias Monastery is a stone bench erected by the wife of the painter, who painted some of his major works at this spot. The bench is inscribed with biblical verses in Hebrew, Greek, Arabic and English.
Partial list of works.
- "A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids" (1850)
- "Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus" (1851)
- "The Awakening Conscience" (