The name of this painting is "Madame Godiva on horseback". The author is John Mahler Collier (1850- 1934), a British painter and a member of the Royal Art Association. His ancestors made a fortune as businessmen. In his generation, my brother became the Speaker of Parliament and my brother became a member of the Royal Art Association. This is a new noble. John Collier's father-in-law is a famous naturalist Huxley, and his two wives are Huxley's daughters. John Collier inherited the pre-Raphael painting style, was good at portrait painting, and was also keen on painting some medieval legends.

The story told in the painting:

165438+ The story of Lady Godiva, the Lady of Coventry, England, who was willing to ride naked through the town in order to ask her husband to exempt the people of Coventry from taxes. This is a very famous legend of Coventry. As mentioned in the repost, Coventry's emblem is based on this legend.

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