Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Chantrey Bequest
Collection
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Alleluia
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1896
Bible: Old Testament
children
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
fine arts and music
girl
group
groups
innocence
inscriptions
leisure and pastimes
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Psalms, 47
religion and belief
religious
sheet music
singing
symbols and personifications
universal religious imagery
worship
<p>After studying in Italy, Thomas Gotch painted works on the theme of motherhood and childhood. Here the jewel-like colours and gold background recall early Christian altarpieces. ‘Sing praises to God, sing praises: Sing praises unto our King, Sing praises, For God is King of all the earth: Sing praises with understanding’, from Psalm xlvii: 6 and 7, is inscribed in Latin along the top. Gotch was a founding member of the Royal Colonial Society of British Artists and the array of clothing may have been intended to communicate the universality of worship, but the painting follows European tradition in representing the angelic singers as pale skinned.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2016</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
19 April 2004 – 11 June 2006
2006-06-11
19 April 2004 – 11 June 2006
2006-06-11
2004-04-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-04-19
Cult of Youth
Collection based display
8 August 2005 – 4 October 2010
2010-10-04
8 August 2005 – 4 October 2010
2010-10-04
2005-08-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-08-08
Victorian Spectacle
Collection based display
15 June 2013 – 7 September 2013
2013-09-07
15 June 2013 – 7 September 2013
2013-09-07
2013-06-15
Penlee House Gallery & Museum (Penzance, UK)
2013-06-15
Poems, Plays and Fairytales
Loan-out
18 October 2019 – 27 September 2020
2020-09-27
18 October 2019 – 1 February 2020
2020-02-01
2019-10-18
Southampton City Art Gallery (Southampton, UK)
http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/arts
2019-10-18
Beyond Brotherhood: The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy
Loan-out
1 May 2022 – 12 February 2023
2023-02-12
1 May 2022 – 30 September 2022
2022-09-30
2022-05-01
Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum (Leamington Spa, UK)
4 October 2022 – 12 February 2023
2023-02-12
2022-10-04
Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village (Compton, UK)
http://www.wattsgallery.org.uk
2022-05-01
Modern Pre-Raphaelites Visionaries
Loan-out
23 February 2024 – 30 June 2024
2024-06-30
23 February 2024 – 30 June 2024
2024-06-30
2024-02-23
Musei di San Domenico (Forlì, Italy)
2024-02-23
Pre-Raphaelites: A Modern Renaissance
Loan-out
Alleluia
support: 1333 × 1841 mm
frame: 1855 × 2355 × 190 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1896
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<p>After studying in Italy, Thomas Gotch painted works on the theme of motherhood and childhood. Here the jewel-like colours and gold background recall early Christian altarpieces. ‘Sing praises to God, sing praises: Sing praises unto our King, Sing praises, For God is King of all the earth: Sing praises with understanding’, from Psalm xlvii: 6 and 7, is inscribed in Latin along the top. Gotch was a founding member of the Royal Colonial Society of British Artists and the array of clothing may have been intended to communicate the universality of worship, but the painting follows European tradition in representing the angelic singers as pale skinned.</p>
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Bible: Old Testament children emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas fine arts and music girl group groups innocence inscriptions leisure and pastimes music and entertainment objects people Psalms, 47 religion and belief religious sheet music singing symbols and personifications universal religious imagery worship