Rienzi Vowing to Obtain Justice for the Death of his Young Brother, Slain in a Skirmish between the Colonna and Orsini Factions William Holman Hunt 1 Rienzi Vowing to Obtain Justice for the Death of his Young Brother, Slain in a Skirmish between the Colonna and Orsini Factions William Holman Hunt 1848-1849 Royal Academy 1849 (no. 324) Retouched 1866 Private collection of Mrs. E. M. Clarke oil on canvas 34 x 48 in; 86.3 x 122 cm Hunt, <hi rend="i">Pre-Raphaelitism</hi> , 99. 1866 <artist/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnpictorial> <citnmythic> <name/> <culture/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnmythic> <citnhistorical> <event/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnhistorical> <citnautobiographical> <name/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnautobiographical> <citnscenic> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnscenic> </listcitn> </source> <commentaries> <head>Commentary</head> <section type="intro"> <head>Introduction</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="recepthist"> <head>Reception</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="icon"> <head>Iconograpic</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="pictorial"> <head>Pictorial</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="historical"> <head>Historical</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="literary"> <head>Literary</head> <p>This scene illustrates a passage in Bulwer-Lytton's popular novel <xref doc="a.bulwer001.rad" link="dead"> <title level="bk"> <hi rend="i">Rienzi</hi> .

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Hunt, <hi rend="i">Pre-Raphaelitism</hi> , 99. Marillier, <hi rend="i">DGR: An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , 21. <hi rend="i">The Pre-Raphaelites</hi> [Tate, 1984], 67-68 (no. 17). <hi rend="i">William Holman Hunt: An Exhibition</hi> [Walker Art Gallery, 1969].