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- Title:
Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave
- Former Title(s):
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act V, Scene 4. The Outlaws’ Cave
Silvia rescued by Valentine, from "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene iv
Silvia Rescued by Valentine, from 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona'
Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Date:
- 1792
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 65 1/2 x 52 1/2 inches (166.4 x 133.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower left: "F Wheatley 1792"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.131
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1977.14.131FR
- Subject Terms:
- cave | comedy | costume | disguise | gesture | literary theme | love | lovers | men | mountain | The Two Gentlemen of Verona, play by William Shakespeare | theater (discipline) | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Silvia (character in The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
Proteus
Valentine - Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:468
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