Why it matters
Mariana, abandoned by her fiancé Angelo in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, stretches wearily by a window. Millais based it on Tennyson's poem Mariana.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1851 on panel.
- Tennyson's poem dates from 1830.
- Tate has held it since 1999.
Based on the Wikipedia article Mariana (Millais) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
