A defining masterpiece of early Pre-Raphaelitism created by Sir John Everett Millais shortly after the formation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Inspired by John Keats's poem Isabella, or the Pot of Basil (adapted from Boccaccio's Decameron), the painting captures a tense moment during a meal where Isabella's brother displays open hostility toward her lover Lorenzo. The work exemplifies early Pre-Raphaelite stylistic ideals: rigorous attention to naturalistic detail, intense jewel-toned colors, flattened pictorial space, and the use of the artist's inner circle as live models.