This is Watts’s first treatment of the theme, an illustration to Perrault’s fairy tale. It was painted in 1864 and bought by Sir William Bowman, whose portrait Watts painted in the following year. Many years later, in 1890, Watts painted a full-length version of the subject (now in Birmingham City Art Gallery).

Provenance: Bequeathed by Mrs W.F.R. Weldon, 19379

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: George Frederic Watts (1817-1904)
Date: 1864

Image Details
Date: 27 March 2025
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/33s
ISO: 400
Licensing: Image of an Ashmolean Museum asset. This image cannot be licensed.