Awaiting location update
Titles
Study for the 'Mirror of Venus'
Study of the left hand figure and also of the hands of the fourth and fifth figures from the left
Maker(s)
Draughtsman:
Burne-Jones, Edward
Entities
Categories
Notes
History note: Sir Philip Burne-Jones; Executor's sale, Christie's, 5th June 1919 (?37), bt. Ricketts and Shannon
Legal notes
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Measurements and weight
Height: 252 mm
Width: 177 mm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1937)
by
Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Dating
Production date:
AD 1873
Note
Burne-Jones painted two versions of the 'Mirror of Venus', a watercolour begun in 1868 and a larger oil (now in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon), begun in 1873, and finished in 1877. These six sheets (see nos. 2005.1-5) of studies are for the later picture, and are stylistically sufficiently distinct from the head studies 2001 a) and b) (also for the Mirror of Venus) to suggest that the latter are for the early watercolour version.
School or Style
British
Materials used in production
Graphite
Components of the work
Support
composed of
cartridge paper
Techniques used in production
Drawing (image-making)
: Graphite on white cartridge paper
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: probably in artist's hand
- Text: Venus' Mirror 1873
- Location: Verso
- Method of creation: Graphite
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: 2005.6
Primary reference Number: 26295
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022
Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
