Pre-Raphaelite Master, William Hunt's "Jewish Solution": Palestine

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
By Jennifer Lipman

"The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple" by Holman Hunt

ISRAEL---Just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem lies a house built in the mid-1870s by a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. William Holman Hunt, a devout Christian, who along with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Millais changed the face of 19th century art, first set eyes on Jerusalem in 1854. He returned three more times, spending nearly seven years in the city, during which time he worked on paintings, including The Scapegoat and The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple. Writing around the time that Theodor Herzl offered his Proposal of a modern solution for the Jewish Question, the painter explained that the resettlement of the Jews in Palestine “would be in accordance with the promises made by the ancient prophets”. [link]