Study of a helmeted head, and of a hand holding a helmet - studies for Perseus series
Maker
(artist)
1833-1898
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
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
Keywords
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
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
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".
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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