Who painted “The Vale of Rest”?

“The Vale of Rest” was painted by John Everett Millais in 1858. Where to see it: National Gallery.

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John Everett Millais: minute Pre-Raphaelite detail, every leaf and flower botanically exact, and brilliant colour on a white ground.

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet (8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was a child prodigy who, aged eleven, became the youngest student to enter the Royal Academy Schools. Wikipedia

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More by John Everett Millais

“Ophelia”, 1851
“Mariana”, 1851
“Christ in the House of His Parents”, 1849
“Isabella”, 1849
“The Black Brunswicker”, 1860
“Autumn Leaves”, 1856
“The Blind Girl”, 1856
“A Huguenot”, 1852