The Shadow of Death

William Holman Hunt

1870-73

Oil on canvas

94 x73.6 cm

Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds Museums and Galleries LEEAG.PA.1903.019

Gift from the executors of the estate of C. G. Oates, 1903

Details and Related Material

  • Discussion
  • Version in Manchester Art Gallery
  • Window, pomegranates, scroll with Isaiah's prophecy
  • Head of Mary turned towards shadow
  • Saw, sawhorse, fillet, and shavings