• For day two of John Everett Millais week, I want to take a look at a more staid, contemplative piece of art: The Vale of Rest.
  • A nun features in an earlier drawing, St Agnes Eve of 1854 (private collection), and according to Millais' wife, Effie...
  • Mood of mystery, anxiety and secrecy. The Vale of Rest 1858-9 Sir John Everett Millais, Bt 1829-1896 Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894 http...
  • In many of the paintings completed after The Vale of Rest, Millais began to move towards more saleable pictures.
  • The Vale of Rest (1858–1859) is a painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais. It depicts a twilight graveyard scene and prominently features two nuns.
  • Sir John Everett Millais painted The Vale of Rest in 1858-1859. The painting uses oil on canvas, and its dimensions are 102.9 x 172.7 cm (40.5 x 67.9").
  • An October sunset was the inspiration for the evocative The Vale of Rest by John Everett Millais.
  • A Dream of the Past: Sir Isumbras at the Ford by John Everett Millais.
  • The Vale of Rest perfectly embodies the Pre-Raphaelites’ mission as it places these two women in the middle of a moment that feels genuine, rather than...