A Summer Shower

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With a stylistic nod to the Pre-Raphaelite group of artists, Perugini here depicts three young women sheltering under a tree during a summer shower. They are dressed in fashionable outfits which bear a resemblance to the clothes of ancient Greek women. Their conformity with this fashion, and their uncanny resemblance to each other, is not used by the artist to highlight their relationship with each other. Instead, the figure of each girl appears to be used almost as a motif, or elegant pattern.

Ferens Art Gallery

Kingston upon Hull

Title

A Summer Shower

Date

1888

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 115.5 x W 76.5 cm

Accession number

KINCM:2005.5264

Acquisition method

gift from T. R. Ferens, 1907

Work type

Painting

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