be dazzled by the flagrant surrealism of English Pre-Raphaelitism. The Pre-Raphaelite painters bring us radiant women who are, at the same time, the most desirable and most frightening that exist." He later went on to re-interpret Millais's painting in a 1973 work entitled Ophelia's Death. In 1906, Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki called the painting "a thing of considerable beauty" in Kusamakura (novel); since then, the painting has been highly popular in Japan. It was exhibited in Tokyo in 1998 and travelled there again in 2008. Influence The painting has been widely referred to and pastiched in art, film, and photography, notably in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film Hamlet, where it formed the basis for the portrayal of Ophelia's death. A scene in Wes Craven's 1972 film The Last House on the Left was modelled on the painting, while the video for Nick Cave's song "Where the Wild Roses Grow" depicts Kylie Minogue mimicking the pose of the image. The artwork is also referenced in Fire With Fire, a 1986 film in which a schoolgirl is replicating the central image as the protagonists meet. The imagery of the painting is evoked in the prologue of Lars von Trier's 2011 film Melancholia, where Kirsten Dunst's character Justine floats in a slow-moving stream. Provenance and valuation Ophelia was purchased from Millais on 10 December 1851 by the art dealer Henry Farrer for 300 guineas, approximately equal to £40,000 in 2020. Farrer sold the painting to B. G. Windus, an avid collector of Pre-Raphaelite art, who sold it on in 1862 for 748 guineas. The painting is held at Tate Britain, London, and is valued by experts as worth at least £30 million. See also Ophelia, 1894 John William Waterhouse painting The Lady of Shalott Ophelia, by Friedrich Heyser Notes References Hawksley, Lucinda. Lizzie Siddal: Face of the Pre-Raphaelites. Walker & Company, 2006. Secher, Benjamin. "Ten things you never knew about Ophelia". The Daily Telegraph, 22 September 2007. Retrieved on 6 March 2012. External links Tate Ophelia learning resource – a Tate learning resource about Millais's painting Ophelia Millais Ophelia – a website about the painting LizzieSiddal.com – a weblog researching and discussing the life of Elizabeth Siddal Smarthistory: Ophelia – a short video podcast about the painting 1852 paintings Birds in art British art Collection of the Tate galleries Paintings about death Paintings based on works by William Shakespeare Paintings by John Everett Millais