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The Order of Release

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"The Order of Release" is a painting by John Everett Millais, a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This group of British artists formed in 1848, reacting against the perceived artificiality of contemporary academic painting. They admired the directness and sincerity of Italian art before the High Renaissance, particularly the period before Raphael.

Millais's "The Order of Release," painted in 1853, depicts a scene that was praised by Eugène Delacroix. The painting includes a portrait of Effie Gray, who was then unhappily married to the critic John Ruskin. The work contributed to Millais's election as an associate of the Royal Academy.

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