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Study of a helmeted head, and of a hand holding a helmet - studies for Perseus series

Maker

(artist)
1833-1898

Title

Study of a helmeted head, and of a hand holding a helmet - studies for Perseus series

Date of Production

(circa) 1884 - 1885

Medium

black and white chalk on thick dark brown paper, now a lighter brown in the pictorial area

Dimensions

Height: 46.5 cm
Width: 30.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4162

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

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Provenance

the artist's estate sale, Christie's (London), 5 June 1919, probably lot 106; purchased there by Colonel Robert Adeane, Babraham Hall, Cambridge (1905-1979); his sale, Christie's (London), 13 May 1949, lot 28; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, for £7; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Edward Burne-Jones - The Earthly Paradise, Kunstmuseum, Bern, 19/03/2010-25/07/2010

Edward Burne-Jones - The Earthly Paradise, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 24/10/2009-07/02/2010

Edward Burne-Jones, Hayward Gallery; Southampton Art Gallery; Birmingham City Musem and Art Gallery, 1975-76 ...More

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 ...Less

Literature

Locher, Kurt, Der Perseus Zyklus von Edward Burne-Jones, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 1973
no. 9

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 8

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check through thick brown paper.

Label: Removed, now in the file: printed in black ink with text added in pen and brown ink: "DRAWINGS AND STUDIES BY / SIR EDWARD BURNE=JONES, BART., / EXHIBITED AT THE / BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB, / 1899. / Subject Study for armor / in the Perseus Series / LENT BY THE EXECUTORS. / C. ROBERSON & CO., 99 LONG ACRE."; printed in black ink, with text added in pen and brown ink: “Drawings and Studies / BY / SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES, BART. / Exhibited at the Gallery of the Fine Art Society, / New Bond Street. / Subject Study for Armor in / Perseus Series”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, black chalk, signed with artist’s initials: "EBJ"; lower centre edge, graphite: "15 3/4 x 8 ¾".

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