This painting oozing with romanticism by Dicksee from 1875 illustrates the famous balcony scene in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. ---- O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? It is nor hand nor foot Nor arm nor face nor any other part Belonging to a man. O be some other name. What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself. ---- Charmingly framed within a Gothic arch, softened by tendrils of creeping ivy, Juliet is exquisitely dressed in white with her pink satin cloak draped over the rail. Everything combines to create a perfect nighttime setting for her passionate, heartfelt utterance. Thomas Francis Dicksee was a British portraitist and painter of historical genre subjects often inspired by the works of Shakespeare. He became particularly well known for his depictions of Shakespearean heroines and exhibited a total of seven at the Royal Academy. Other idealized Shakespearean characters he painted included Ophelia, Beatrice, Miranda and Ariel.
Juliet on the Balcony by Thomas Francis Dicksee (British) - Oil on canvas / 1875 - McManus Gallery (Dundee, Scotland) #womeninart #art #ShakespeareArt #oilpainting #McManusGallery #fineart #artwork #womensart #TheMcManus #ThomasFrancisDicksee #Dicksee #RomeoAndJuliet #WhereforArtThouRomeo #McManus