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Which roses are in the background?

5 years ago

John Everett Millais' painting Ophelia is a beautiful painting. The story of its creation is interesting in itself, but where this writer concentrates on the other flowers in the painting, my attention was demanded by that large (probably species) rose in the background.

Which summer blooming rose is it?

What meaning might be attached to that rose in this context?

Or did the artist get lazy and just use the large beautiful bush to fill space?

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