Tempera and shell gold on mahoghany
Tate Collection
Works with images
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/george-richmond-447" aria-label="More by George Richmond" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">George Richmond</a>
Christ and Woman Samaria
Presented by the artist's family 1897
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
Bible: New Testament
Christ
Christ and the Woman of Samaria
domestic
drawing water
hill
John’s Gospel
John, chapter 4
landscape
man
people
religion and belief
sitting
standing
talking
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
well
woman
wooded
work and occupations
<p>Jesus uses his meeting with the Samaritan woman to explain his mission on earth: whoever drinks from the well ‘shall thirst again... but the water that I shall give him shall be … water springing up into everlasting life.’</p><p>Richmond used the same blend of gums (Arabic and tragacanth) as Blake used in his temperas. He mixed and blended colours, and produced far more gradations of blue and green than Blake, though with a very similar selection of pigments. Tempera remained an unusual medium among artists for many years after Blake’s death.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting tempera shell gold mahoghany
24 November 2003 – 22 November 2004
2004-11-22
10 November 2003
2003-11-10
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-11-24
William Blake the Painter at Work
Collection based display
21 October 2005 – 28 May 2006
2006-05-28
7 March 2006 – 28 May 2006
2006-05-28
2006-03-07
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
http://www.metmuseum.org
2005-10-21
Samuel Palmer, 1805-1881; Vison and Landscape
Loan-out
13 February 2009 – 30 October 2010
2010-10-30
13 February 2009 – 30 October 2010
2010-10-30
2009-02-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-02-13
Visionary Landscapes
Collection based display
1 November 2011 – 21 October 2012
2012-10-21
1 November 2011 – 19 February 2012
2012-02-19
2011-11-01
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia)
3 July 2012 – 21 October 2012
2012-10-21
2012-07-03
Fundació “la Caixa” (Madrid, Spain)
2011-11-01
Blake Exhibition
Loan-out
Christ and the Woman of Samaria
support: 410 × 498 mm
frame: 565 × 657 × 50 mm
Presented by the artist's family 1897
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<span class="text13">Jesus uses his meeting with the Samaritan</span><span class="text3"> </span><span class="text14">woman to explain his mission on      earth: </span><span class="text3">whoever drinks from the well ‘shall      thirst </span><span class="text13">again... but the water that I shall give      him</span><span class="text3"> shall be … water springing up      into everlasting life.’
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<span class="text3">Richmond used the same blend of  gums (Arabic and      tragacanth) as Blake </span><span class="text14">used in his <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/t/tempera" title="Glossary definition for 'Tempera'"><span>temperas</span></a>. He      mixed and </span><span class="text13">blended colours, and produced far      more gradations</span><span class="text3"> </span><span class="text13">of      blue and green than Blake,</span><span class="text3"> </span><span class="text14">though with a very similar selection of </span><span class="text13">pigments. Tempera remained an unusual</span><span class="text3"> </span><span class="text14"><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/medium" title="Glossary definition for 'Medium'"><span>medium</span></a> among artists for many years after Blake’s      death.</span><span class="text3">
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults architecture Bible: New Testament Christ Christ and the Woman of Samaria domestic drawing water hill John, chapter 4 John’s Gospel landscape man people religion and belief sitting standing talking townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features well woman wooded work and occupations