Draped male figure - study for the figure of Balthazar, King of Nubia, in 'The Star of Bethlehem'
Maker
(artist)
1833-1898
1833-1898
Title
Draped male figure - study for the figure of Balthazar, King of Nubia, in 'The Star of Bethlehem'
Date of Production
(circa) 1887
Medium
black and white chalk on dark brown wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 35.9 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4053
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Christie's (London), July 1932, lot 670; F.A. Drey (London); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
The Drawings and Studies by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart 1899, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1971
Drawings and Studies by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1899
Drawings and Studies by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1899
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 8
p. 8
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check through heavy brown paper.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black chalk, signed with artist's initials: "EBJ". Verso: centre, graphite: “10”.
Label: Removed, now in file, printed in black ink with text added in pen and brown ink (now faded and nearly illegible), from 1899 exhibition: "WORKS OF / SIR EDWARD BURNE=JONES, BART. / Study in black and white [...] / [...] King [...] //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black chalk, signed with artist's initials: "EBJ". Verso: centre, graphite: “10”.
Label: Removed, now in file, printed in black ink with text added in pen and brown ink (now faded and nearly illegible), from 1899 exhibition: "WORKS OF / SIR EDWARD BURNE=JONES, BART. / Study in black and white [...] / [...] King [...] //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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