“Who is Sylvia?” by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1896 – 1900
Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852 – 1911) painted this colorful oil-on-canvas scene from Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona: “Who Is Sylvia? What Is She, That All the Swains Commend Her?” He painted it between 1896 and 1899, then reworked … Continue reading
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