# William Holman Hunt

English, 1827–1910

Holman Hunt founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and remained the most faithful to its aims of truth to nature and serious moral purpose. Seeking authenticity for biblical subjects, he travelled several times to the Holy Land, painting The Scapegoat by the Dead Sea and The Shadow of Death in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The Light of the World became one of the best-known religious images of the Victorian age.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

1 works in the collection.

- [The Shadow of Death](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-shadow-of-death-aic-260424), William Holman Hunt, 1873-74. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.