Title:
Study of Armour: Perseus in 'The Finding of Medusa'
Maker:
Burne-Jones, Edward; draughtsman; British artist, 1833-1898
Category:
drawing
Name:
drawing
Date:
before 1880
During the 1880s, Burne-Jones made a number of studies of armour from the collection of Sir Coults Lindsay, these being related to the Briar Rose and Perseus series of pictures. In the finished versions of 'The Finding of Medusa' Perseus wears armour created by the artist himself, for which there is a design, similar to no. 679, in Birmingham City Art Gallery, dated 1881 (Inv. No. 46'98). The study here is therefore probably earlier.
School/Style:
British
Technique:
watercolour
Material(s):
bodycolour; medium
paper; support; black
Technique
Description:
grey and white bodycolour on black paper
Dimension(s):
height, 540, mm
width, 382, mm
Acquisition:
given; 1909; Executors of Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Exhibition(s):
Edward Burne-Jones. Victorian Artist-Dreamer. 1998-06-04 - 1998-09-06
Venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Catalogue number: under 91
Burne-Jones; the paintings, graphic and decorative work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-98. 1975
Organiser: Arts Council
Venue: Hayward Gallery, London
Catalogue number: 165
Burne-Jones del Preraffaelismo al simbolismo. 1986-10 - 1986-11
Venue: Galleria Nazionale d' Arte Moderna, Rome
Catalogue number: 76
Documentation:
Burne-Jones, Georgiana. 1912. Memorials (Vol. II).p. 145
Löcher. 1973. Der Perseus Zyklus.Stuttgart: p. 102
Accession:
Object Number: 679
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 26056; input: 2001-04-03; modified: 2012-07-09)
(Picture Cabinet reference : 701901)
Permanent
Identifier:
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