| 词条 | Hermia and Lysander (painting) |
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Hermia and Lysander is a watercolor painting created in 1870 by British illustrator and miniature portrait painter John Simmons. Based on a scene from Act II, scene II of William Shakespeare's comedy play A Midsummer Night's Dream, it measures {{convert|89|by|74|cm}}.{{r|Sothebys}} Paintings of fairies had a resurgence of popularity in the 19th century with many based on scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream and Simmons produced several pieces in this genre.{{r|Bonhams}} According to Christopher Wood, an expert in Victorian art,{{r|Telegraph}} the details included in Simmons' fairy paintings were "executed with an astonishing clarity"{{sfnp|Wood|2008|p=124|ps=}} and gave the impression they had been painted on a glass surface.{{sfnp|Wood|2008|p=124|ps=}} The majority of Simmons' depictions of fairies were of naked females and Wood considered them the "bunny girls of the Victorian era".{{sfnp|Wood|2008|p=126|ps=}} A watercolor painting using gouache,{{r|Artnet}} the artwork shows Hermia with her lover Lysander when they are lost in an enchanted wood.{{r|Sothebys}} The couple are surrounded by a community of fairies; some are pictured in flight using their delicate wings, others are transported in chariots shackled to mice.{{r|Sothebys}} The couple are tired and disorientated, appearing unaware of the crowds of animals and fairies around them.{{r|Sothebys}} Lysander is seated and touching Hermia's fingers with one hand while indicating the soft forest moss with his other hand. It is the point in the tale of A Midsummer Night's Dream when he invites her to rest, saying:{{r|Sothebys}}{{quote| One heart, one bed, two bosoms and one troth.}} The painting achieved a sale price of £42,470 when auctioned in New York by Sotheby's in May 2012, a record price for work by this artist.{{r|Post}} It had previously been auctioned by Sotheby's in London on 19 June 1984 and a decade later by Sotheby's, New York, on 25 May 1994, when it was wrongly attributed to Julius Simmons.{{r|Sothebys}} {{clear}}ReferencesCitations1. ^{{citation|title=Lot 52 John Simmons |date=10 July 2013 |url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20486/lot/52/ |publisher=Bonhams |accessdate=30 November 2014 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6UTc9tT1M?url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20486/lot/52/ |archivedate=30 November 2014 |deadurl=no |df= }} [1][2][3][4]2. ^{{citation|last=Houseman |first=John |title=Painting bought for £25 |newspaper=Bristol Post |date=26 June 2013 |url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Painting-bought-25-sale-60k/story-19394150-detail/story.html |accessdate=30 November 2014 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6UTfW3zef?url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Painting-bought-25-sale-60k/story-19394150-detail/story.html |archivedate=30 November 2014 |deadurl=no |df= }} 3. ^{{citation|title=John Simmons, British, Hermia and Lysander |publisher=Sotheby's |url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/19th-century-paintings-n08847/lot.72.html |accessdate=30 November 2014 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6UTaa0F0T?url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/19th-century-paintings-n08847/lot.72.html |archivedate=30 November 2014 |deadurl=no |df= }} 4. ^{{citation |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=27 January 2009 |title=Obituary of Christopher Wood |page=29}} }}Bibliography{{refbegin}}
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