| Reading the Will | |
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| Artist | David Wilkie |
| Year | 1820 |
| Type | Oil on Canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 76 cm× 115 cm(30 in× 45 in) |
| Location | Neue Pinakothek, Munich |
Reading the Will is an 1820 genre painting by the British artist David Wilkie. It is inspired by a scene from the 1815 novel Guy Mannering the Waverley series by Walter Scott [1] although this was not widely appreciated by contemporary critics. [2]
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The painting was commissioned by Maximilian I of Bavaria. It was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1820 at Somerset House in London. [3] Today it is in the collection of the Neue Pinakothek in Munich. [4]