The Light of the World | William Holman Hunt | 1853

Christ pauses at a closed, overgrown door, holding a lantern and raising his hand to knock. Hunt renders the ivy, fallen fruit, embroidered robes and pierced metal lantern with the close attention to detail associated with Pre-Raphaelite painting. Completed in 1853, the work gives these objects a devotional meaning: the lantern signifies conscience, the halo salvation, and the door the human soul. Its lack of an external handle makes the encounter an invitation that must be answered from within.

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