The Return of the Dove to the Ark
work by Millais
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"The Return of the Dove to the Ark" is a painting by John Everett Millais, a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Created in 1851, this work was recognized and admired by prominent critics like John Ruskin and Théophile Gautier. The painting's title references the biblical story of Noah's Ark, where a dove returns with an olive branch, signifying the end of the flood. Millais's work from the 1850s is considered his period of greatest artistic achievement.123
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